HUBBALLI: As part of measures to halt the unfold of the deadly Nipah virus (NiV), authorities in the dual cities of Hubballi and Dharwad have hit on two strange measures: Track scholars from Kerala as well as their relations and friends who consult with them, and two: round up stray pigs.
Dr R M Doddamani, district well being and circle of relatives welfare officer, instructed TOI that excluding the protocol of preventive measures issued through the well being division, the district will put in force its own distinctive measures. “We have urged managements of schools and hostels to keep an eye fixed on scholars from Kerala,” Doddamani said. “We have additionally asked managements to watch relations who consult with those scholars. It does no longer imply that each one or some of these scholars carry NiV; this is only a precautionary measure to keep all scholars safe.”
He went on to add: “Since fruit bats are natural hosts of the virus, folks have been prompt not to eat culmination in localities inhabited through fruit bats.”
Meanwhile, mayor Sudheer Saraf, Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, said since pigs are also carriers of the virus, stray pigs will likely be rounded up. “We do not know the precise selection of stray pigs in the cities, but it's said that there are thousands,” Saraf said. “Men from Tumakuru and Tamil Nadu will catch them and take them away.”
Dr R M Doddamani, district well being and circle of relatives welfare officer, instructed TOI that excluding the protocol of preventive measures issued through the well being division, the district will put in force its own distinctive measures. “We have urged managements of schools and hostels to keep an eye fixed on scholars from Kerala,” Doddamani said. “We have additionally asked managements to watch relations who consult with those scholars. It does no longer imply that each one or some of these scholars carry NiV; this is only a precautionary measure to keep all scholars safe.”
He went on to add: “Since fruit bats are natural hosts of the virus, folks have been prompt not to eat culmination in localities inhabited through fruit bats.”
Meanwhile, mayor Sudheer Saraf, Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, said since pigs are also carriers of the virus, stray pigs will likely be rounded up. “We do not know the precise selection of stray pigs in the cities, but it's said that there are thousands,” Saraf said. “Men from Tumakuru and Tamil Nadu will catch them and take them away.”
Authorities set to round up stray pigs in Hubballi-Dharwad as preventive measure
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