Nipah: Action plan for collection of samples
The Hindu
Move comes after reports of lack of coordination between depts.
The Health Department has devised an action plan for the collection of samples related to the Nipah infection in Kozhikode and their dispatch to labs. The action plan, to be implemented in coordination with other government departments, was formulated during online review meetings chaired by Health Minister Veena George. Officials from the National Institute of Virology, and Forest and Animal Husbandry Departments too were present. There had been reports about the lack of coordination between government departments on the collection and examination of samples. It was also reported in a section of the media that the samples collected were not finding their way to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases Lab in Bhopal because cargo companies were reluctant to dispatch them.More Related News