The Health Department was following the guidelines and protocols issued by the Union government to prevent Nipah virus infection, which claimed two lives in Kerala, from spreading to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said on Thursday.
He said the staff from the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine were screening people coming from Kerala to Tamil Nadu via six districts that have intestate borders using infrared thermometer. “The staff are checking whether the passengers have fever or symptoms of the disease. If any passenger is found with fever or symptoms, he or she will be shifted to special wards for treatment,” the Minister said, after inspecting the screening at Meenakshipuram checkpost in Coimbatore district, along with Collector Kranthi Kumar Pati, Director of Public Health Preventive Medicine T.S. Selvavinayagam and others.
According to Mr. Subramanian, screening was being conducted at border checkposts in the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Theni, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari districts. A total of 3,887 people were screened at Walayar checkpost on Wednesday.
