Health Minister allays fears, govt sets up 24x7 health screening camps at TN-Kerala border points
Health department sources said all government hospitals and private hospitals have been instructed to report details of fever patients to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) portal. Health Minister Ma Subramaniam COIMBATORE/CHENNAI: Health Minister Ma Subramaniam on Wednesday allayed fears about the chances of the Nipah virus spreading in Tamil Nadu. Addressing media persons at Nilgiris, a day after Nipah deaths were confirmed in neighbouring Kerala, the minister said the health department has started to screen people entering the state from Kerala at border checkposts in six districts including Coimbatore, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari. “Treatment will be given to people who show fever symptoms and people in Tamil Nadu need not fear the virus,” the minister said. He visite...