A Well being Employee Screening Passengers of a Automobile Coming into Coimbatore District from Kerala at Walayar Examine Publish on TuesDay, July 15, 2025 within the wake of a second loss of life attributable to nipah virus in keraus within the palakkad District | Picture Credit score: S. Siva Saravanan
The well being division has stepped up surveillance at main inter-state checkposts in coimbatore District after a second individual from the neighbouring palakkad distrint in kirala Examined optimistic for nipah virus,
Well being Employees Are Screening Individuals Coming into Coimbatore District from Palakkad Via Six Major Checkposts for Nipah virus Signs, that are much like that of influenza.
The Six Checkposts, The place Commuters are screened, are at Gopalapuram in Pollachi North Block, Verappagoundanur in Kinathukadavu Block, Walayar in Madukkarai Block, Anaikatti in PeriiyyayannaaCentipalaya Block, Pattisalai in Karamadai Block and Meenachipuram in Anamalai Block.
P. Balusamy, Deputy Director of Well being Providers, Stated the Division Began Screening at these checkposts after the second optimistic case of the nipah virus an infection was reported in palakkad information
Well being Employees Stationed at these checkposts are utilizing private protecting tools whereas screening incidence commuters. They’re utilizing infrared thermometers to test the temperature of passengers.
District collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar is overseeing the screening actions and different preventive measureses being taken within the district within the mistrust within the wake of the excessive Alert Issued in Six Districts In Kerala, Particularly Palakkad, Malappuram, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur and Wayanad.
Revealed – July 15, 2025 05:30 pm IST
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