The Health department is taking all measures for the effective control of West Nile fever with vector control measures strengthened at Kannara in Thrissur district and the surrounding areas, a press release issued by the Health department said here.
A special team from the Thrissur district medical administration had visited Kannara as soon as West Nile fever was suspected and the district vector control unit has collected vector samples from various locations. Vector control activities were launched in and around the house from where the case was reported. Health workers in Vellanikkara CHC have been directed to undertake fever survey, source reduction activities and public awareness measures in the locality.
The public needs to be aware that laxity in vector control measures can lead to the outbreak of many vector-borne diseases other than dengue fever and hence all attention should be diverted to the systematic elimination of mosquitoes through source reduction, the Health department said.
