In the wake of the Nipah outbreak in Kerala, border districts are on alert with the district administrations in Mysuru, Kodagu, and Chamarajnagar issuing guidelines and asking for stepping up surveillance on the borders, setting up check-posts and deploying medical teams with facilities.
Mysuru Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra, at a meeting with the officials from the Department of Health here on Thursday, asked for screening the people entering the district from Kerala at Bavali in H.D. Kote and near Nanjangud, close to the Kerala border, at the check-posts. In case of travellers found to be showing symptoms like fever, body pain, and so on, advise them to undergo tests.
While advising the people not to panic, he suggested precautionary measures in view of the cases of Nipah in neighbouring Kerala. “Do not eat fruits bitten by birds and bats, and fruits need to be eaten after rinsing them in water,” he advised.
