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'Zika virus cluster identified in T'puram, steps being taken to kil mosquitoes'
Updated On: 14 July, 2021 09:54 PM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | PTI
Health minister Veena George said counselling was also being carried out to create awareness among the people with regard to exercising caution against the Zika virus and not to panic
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A cluster of Zika virus has been identified within a three kilometer radius of Anayara here and steps are being taken for the extermination of mosquitoes in the area to prevent its spread to other places, Health Minister Veena George said.
The minister, in a release, also said that a control room has been set up at the district medical office in the wake of the Zika outbreak in the capital city, where all the 23 cases of the virus were reported from. The decisions to set up the control room and carry out mosquito extermination activities, like fogging in the affected area, were taken at a special review meeting convened on July 14 by the minister in the wake of the outbreak, the release said.
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