KOLKATA: The state health division issued its first advisory on Nipah virus on Thursday for all district administrations, health officials and hospitals across Bengal, placing them on alert and asking them to watch out for signs of the virus in sufferers and document their commute historical past.
But, even ahead of the advisory got here, 3 districts — two in north Bengal (Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar) and one in south Bengal (Nadia)—held respectable meetings to check the Nipah situation. The first Nipah outbreak in India befell in Siliguri, as regards to the 2 north Bengal districts, in 2001; 66 people died in that outbreak. Nadia saw an epidemic in 2007, wherein 5 individuals died.
The Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar meetings, convened via the executive clinical officers of health (CMOHs) of the 2 districts, sensitised senior district officials at the signs of the disease and the measures that should be taken to forestall it. The district management of Nadia, too, is gearing up with preventive measures.
Plan to step up vigil in view of outbreak in south India: Official
The district health division organised a workshop ultimate Monday to check the placement and lay down precautionary measures.
The two north Bengal meetings had been held to position the 2 district administrations on alert since the 2001 Nipah outbreak claimed 66 lives in Siliguri in 2001, Coochbehar CMOH Sumit Ganguly mentioned.
“A surveillance programme introduced after the outbreak nonetheless continues. Screening programmes are carried out at common intervals. We are planning to step up vigil since there was an epidemic in south India,” Ganguly mentioned. The meetings had been attended via subdivisional officers and block construction officers of Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar. They will, in turn, sensitise their subordinates and grassroots employees.
“Our division is on alert,” Nadia CMOH Tapas Kumar Roy mentioned. “We mentioned percentage information at the virus and what we can do to safeguard ourselves,” he added. Vigil had been stepped up in Nadia following the outbreak in Kerala, he mentioned. “We will organise awareness camps at the virus in several parts of the district and have already roped in health officials and employees aside from Asha employees, who will stay a watch on those returning from Kerala”, Roy added. A large number of people from Nadia work as building labourers in Kerala and other southern states.
The health division advisory, on the other hand, mentioned those travelling from the affected zone with signs of the deadly virus must straight away be quarantined and screened. “Health officials and employees, as well as all hospitals, had been requested to act straight away in case a affected person is suspected to have the virus. Their commute historical past may also be amassed to ascertain whether or not they've been to the affected zone,” mentioned a senior health respectable.
But, even ahead of the advisory got here, 3 districts — two in north Bengal (Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar) and one in south Bengal (Nadia)—held respectable meetings to check the Nipah situation. The first Nipah outbreak in India befell in Siliguri, as regards to the 2 north Bengal districts, in 2001; 66 people died in that outbreak. Nadia saw an epidemic in 2007, wherein 5 individuals died.
The Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar meetings, convened via the executive clinical officers of health (CMOHs) of the 2 districts, sensitised senior district officials at the signs of the disease and the measures that should be taken to forestall it. The district management of Nadia, too, is gearing up with preventive measures.
Plan to step up vigil in view of outbreak in south India: Official
The district health division organised a workshop ultimate Monday to check the placement and lay down precautionary measures.
The two north Bengal meetings had been held to position the 2 district administrations on alert since the 2001 Nipah outbreak claimed 66 lives in Siliguri in 2001, Coochbehar CMOH Sumit Ganguly mentioned.
“A surveillance programme introduced after the outbreak nonetheless continues. Screening programmes are carried out at common intervals. We are planning to step up vigil since there was an epidemic in south India,” Ganguly mentioned. The meetings had been attended via subdivisional officers and block construction officers of Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar. They will, in turn, sensitise their subordinates and grassroots employees.
“Our division is on alert,” Nadia CMOH Tapas Kumar Roy mentioned. “We mentioned percentage information at the virus and what we can do to safeguard ourselves,” he added. Vigil had been stepped up in Nadia following the outbreak in Kerala, he mentioned. “We will organise awareness camps at the virus in several parts of the district and have already roped in health officials and employees aside from Asha employees, who will stay a watch on those returning from Kerala”, Roy added. A large number of people from Nadia work as building labourers in Kerala and other southern states.
The health division advisory, on the other hand, mentioned those travelling from the affected zone with signs of the deadly virus must straight away be quarantined and screened. “Health officials and employees, as well as all hospitals, had been requested to act straight away in case a affected person is suspected to have the virus. Their commute historical past may also be amassed to ascertain whether or not they've been to the affected zone,” mentioned a senior health respectable.
Nipah scare comes closer home, Bengal put on alert
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