The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has instructed health officials to conduct surveillance on Cholera after a 27-year-old woman from Paying Guest (PG) accommodation in Malleshwaram tested positive for the disease in the initial test. However, the sample of the woman during the confirmatory test turned negative.
A senior BBMP official talking to The Hindu said although the woman tested negative during the second test, the BBMP has directed the health officials to conduct surveillance and supervision as a precautionary measure. The official said there is no need for panic.
Following the detection of Cholera in initial tests (hanging drop test) in woman from a PG accommodation in Malleshwaram, health officials said samples of three other persons from the PG accommodation have been sent for tests.
