Kozhikode Corporation calls for setting up a virology lab in district
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With Nipah reappearing in the district, the Kozhikode Corporation has unanimously demanded that the State government open a virology lab here. Mayor Beena Philip, in an adjournment motion, made the demand at the Corporation Council meeting on Tuesday while Opposition leader K.C. Shobhita demanded that the government stick to its word and make the lab a reality. “The World Health Organisation had suggested that a lab be opened here after the first Nipah outbreak. The Chief Minister had announced in February 2019 that the work had begun and later announced that a virology institute had started functioning. But, that was only on paper,” said Ms. Shobhita. She blamed the Health Department for its “negligence” in setting up a virology lab even when the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had sanctioned ₹5 crore for it.More Related News