With influenza cases on the rise in the State, special fever camps were conducted at 268 locations across the district here on Wednesday.
Salem District Collector A. Karmegam inspected the camp held at Kottai Government Girls Higher Secondary School. He told media persons that due to rains, seasonal diseases were spreading, particularly influenza. He said various precautionary measures were being taken by the health department and special fever camps were being held across the district.
In the district, special camps were held at 240 places in all the 20 panchayat unions, while they were conducted at 28 places in corporation limits. He asked people to boil the drinking water and consume it.
