Nipah Virus Alert: Kerala me Dastak!
Kerala phir se Nipah virus ke khatre se jujh raha hai. Do naye cases confirm hue hain, jisse health vibhag alert mode par aa gaya hai. Union Health Ministry bhi madad ke liye National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) bhej rahi hai. Chaliye, jante hain is virus ke bare mein aur kya hai latest updates.
Kya Hua Actually?
Do Nipah virus ke cases samne aaye hain. Ek case Palakkad se hai, jahan ek 38 saal ki mahila positive payi gayi hain aur Malappuram ke ek private hospital mein unka ilaaj chal raha hai. Dusra case ek 18 saal ki ladki ka hai, jiski Chettiyarangadi, Malappuram mein maut ho gayi thi aur baad mein test se pata chala ki woh Nipah virus se infected thi.
Health Ministry ka Action
Union Health Ministry ne situation ko serious lete hue NJORT ko Kerala bhejne ka decision liya hai. Ye team state government ko public health measures implement karne mein help karegi. Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), NCDC ki Central Surveillance Unit bhi state unit ke saath close contact mein hai aur situation par nazar banae hue hai.
Contact Tracing aur Containment
Authorities ne contact tracing shuru kar di hai aur ab tak 300 se zyada logon ko identify kiya gaya hai jo infected logon ke contact mein aaye the. Ye log Pallakad, Mallapuram aur Kozhikode districts mein faile hue hain. State Control Room ko bhi activate kar diya gaya hai taki containment activities ko coordinate kiya ja sake.
State Government ki Taiyari
Kerala State NiVD guidelines ke according, surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, prevention aur control ke liye public health response ko guide kiya ja raha hai. Health Minister Veena George ne bataya ki 345 log Nipah contact list mein hain, jismein se 211 Malappuram mein, 91 Palakkad mein aur 43 Kozhikode mein hain.
Symptom Onset aur Investigation
Authorities is baat ki investigation kar rahi hain ki kya dono cases epidemiologically unlinked hain ya phir kisi common social event ki wajah se jude hue hain. Symptom onset ke timelines ko bhi closely monitor kiya ja raha hai.
Aage Kya?
Filhaal, sabhi concerned authorities situation ko control mein lane ke liye tezi se kaam kar rahi hain. Logon ko bhi chahiye ki woh health advisories ko follow karen aur kisi bhi tarah ke symptoms dikhne par turant doctor se consult karen. Satark rahen, surakshit rahen!
