Thiruvananthapuram: With the WHO issuing world wide alert on Ebola virus and Union Health Ministry issuing advisory, the state health department has taken all steps to meet any situation.
Health authorities here said that district medical officers and health officials were already prepared to handle the situation. Threat perception is low for the country at the moment. “We already have a surveillance system to track people with H1N1 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), in place at the airport. But if the union civil aviation ministry or the international civil aviation agencies issue advisory we will make the system functional ,’’ said Dr Amar Fettle sate nodal officer for H1N1 Dr Amar Fettle.
People with possible symptoms who come from such countries would be tracked. There should be symptoms and epidemiological link only then one becomes a suspect. Such persons would be tracked for at least four weeks and there are isolation facilities in the hospitals for H1N1 and MERS management.
09/08/14 Deccan Chronicle
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Health authorities here said that district medical officers and health officials were already prepared to handle the situation. Threat perception is low for the country at the moment. “We already have a surveillance system to track people with H1N1 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), in place at the airport. But if the union civil aviation ministry or the international civil aviation agencies issue advisory we will make the system functional ,’’ said Dr Amar Fettle sate nodal officer for H1N1 Dr Amar Fettle.
People with possible symptoms who come from such countries would be tracked. There should be symptoms and epidemiological link only then one becomes a suspect. Such persons would be tracked for at least four weeks and there are isolation facilities in the hospitals for H1N1 and MERS management.
09/08/14 Deccan Chronicle
