Malappuram : Intensifying the efforts to curtail the spread of Nipah, a central health team has been deployed in Malappuram and Kozhikode after the district health team has identified that 350 people have been found in the contact list of the 14-year-old who had died after being infected with Nipah virus. Adding to further concern, the team has identified 101 individuals in Malappuram in the ‘High-risk’ category. All those in the contact list and in the high-risk category are under strict observation of a team of doctors who are been deployed at various hospitals in Kozhikode and Malappuram.
“A central team is been assigned in areas identified by our team of volunteers to identify those showing symptoms of the virus. Alerts have been issued in each ward and Panchayat in Malappuram where any individual showing symptom should report it to the nearby primary health centre. A call centre has also been set up for this purpose. The route Map of the boy has been prepared and is been shared with the media. It is based on this that the
Meanwhile, health department sources are of the view that the 14-year-old has consumed a wild hog plum which is infested by the contact of bats could be the source of infection. The investigation wing of the health department who are investigating the source of Nipah infection in 14-year-old boy from Malappuram who died on Sunday is of the view that the boy may have consumed a wild hog plum (Ambazhanga in Malayalam) from an area which could be a foraging site of fruit-eating bats.
“The boy along with four of his friends went to a spot, approximately 2km away from his home, on July 6. They walked through a nearby ground and reached a site with trees and canal nearby. The disease investigation team also has information that the boys had a bath in the canal and they consumed hog plums of a wild variety from the area”, said one of the volunteer in the health department who is been assigned in Malappuram.
It was following a week of being exposed to the virus, the boy developed symptoms and was first taken to a private hospital and when his condition worsened he was referred to another hospital on July 15 where he was admitted to pediatric ICU till July 19 and then he was shifted to another private hospital on July 19. Before administering the medicine that was brought from Australia, the young boy succumbed to the virus after a suffered a massive heart attack.
Investigation wing of the health department who are investigating the source of Nipah infection in 14-year-old boy from Malappuram who died on Sunday is of the view that the boy may have consumed a wild hog plum (Ambazhanga in Malayalam) from an area which could be a foraging site of fruit-eating bats. Kerala States News India: Top News India, States News, States News Headlines, Online State News India, State Politics news
