As the health apparatus in Kerala is intensifying its efforts to contain a fourth episode of the Nipah infection in the State, Health Minister Veena George vouches for the effectiveness of the system to detect and treat such infectious diseases here. In an interview to A.S. Jayanth, she says a dedicated centre for disease control too will come up in the State.
Question: This is the fourth episode of a Nipah infection in Kerala, and third in Kozhikode. Many are wondering what could be the cause of the recurring instances of the infection here? We may say that the cases are detected because of the robust health infrastructure here, but why is the State government not doing enough to spot it before people die?
Answer: Kerala is not the only place or first place where this happened as it had earlier been reported more than once in West Bengal with fatalities. Kerala is among the States where the probability of the infection is high, as cited by the World Health Organisation.
