Kerala confirms two cases of Norovirus in students, Govt step up preventive measures
Norovirus is a contagious virus causing vomiting and diarrhoea with symptoms like low-grade fever or chills, headache, and muscle aches, which may particularly affect small children, elderly and people with co-morbidities. The virus spreads through polluted water and food, and through the faecal-oral route.;
Ernakulam: Kerala's Health Department has stepped up precautionary measures and preventive guidelines have been issued after Ernakulam district reported two cases of gastrointestinal infection, 'Norovirus' in two students of Class I and II studying at Bhavan’s Adarsha Vidyalaya in Kakkanad.
The health department confirmed the two cases after nearly 62 children and a few parents began showing symptoms of the infection like diarrhoea, abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, a high temperature, headache, and body aches. The stool samples were sent to the State Public Health Laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram, where the cases were confirmed.
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Three of the students who are under medical care are reportedly in stable condition now.
The school authorities have issued an order suspending offline classes due to the outbreak. The classes would be held online, and the parents have been sent proper directions based on the health department's guidelines, reports the Hindu.
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