Health Minister Veena George who reviewed the status of preventive measures initiated against Nipah virus infection here on Saturday said community-level surveillance would continue in Kozhikode district with the support of health workers.
Addressing the media here, she made it clear that the One Health project — a multidisciplinary approach conceived by the World Health Organization to prevent, predict, and respond to health threats while balancing and optimising the health of people, animals, plants, and the shared environment — would be implemented in Kozhikode.
“A district-level committee to supervise the scheme will come into effect, and it will be chaired by the District Collector. Officials of various departments including Animal Husbandry, Forest, and Fisheries will be members of the committee,” said Ms. George. She affirmed that the State government would check the possibility of manufacturing the monoclonal antibody locally for Nipah treatment.
