Rapid response team volunteers of the Health department are on the field gathering data from over 15,000 houses in the containment zones following the Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode district. They have so far tracked over 1,000 contacts of the infected persons.
They also keep tabs on all symptomatic patients and those suffering from fever and other related ailments. Isolation and medical examination of those with serious symptoms are done on the input of the field-level squads.
