Kerala to begin preventive drive against Nipah next month
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Thiruvananthpuram: Kerala would begin a comprehensive preventive drive against the outbreak of Nipah virus next month to equip the state health machinery to fight the deadly virus, Health Minister said on 11th November.
A year after two north Kerala districts were hit by the deadly Nipah that claimed 17 lives, the virus had re-surfaced in the southern state in June this year with a 23-year-old student here being infected. The Ernakulam-based youth was discharged from the hospital after 53 days of treatment and surveillance. Detailing the initiatives under the preventive drive, Shylaja informed the state assembly that surveillance would be intensified and mock-drills would be held.
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