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The health department has said bodies of the deceased should be handled in accordance with the government advisory, and that some traditional rituals and practices might need to be modified to prevent exposure of family members to the disease.
Nipah virus has claimed 12 lives in Kerala. (Getty Images)
Amid fears that Nipah virus, which claimed 12 lives in Kerala, has spread to other states such as Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana, the Union Health Ministry issued an advisory for the public and healthcare personnel on Thursday night mentioning the preventive measures they should adopt in high-risk areas. The advisory also mentioned information on how the disease spreads and what are the symptoms.
The health department specifically said bodies of the deceased should be handled in accordance with the government advisory, adding that some traditional rituals and practices might need to be modified to prevent the exposure of family members to the disease.
On Friday, the Telangana government said it had sent blood samples and throat swabs of two patients suffering from fever to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, for test. Director of Medical Education Ramesh Reddy said one of the patients had recently visited Kerala. The other patient never visited Kerala in recent times.
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Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey had however said on Thursday there was no need for people to panic, asserting that it was a “localised” occurrence in Kerala.
A multi-disciplinary central team led by the director of the National Centre for Disease Control is reviewing the situation in Kerala.
Here are all the dos and don’ts advised by the government:
Advisory for public
Advisory for healthcare personnel
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How Nipah virus can spread
The high-risk groups
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