New Delhi: Hours after the Puducherry authorities introduced a vacation for all faculties as much as Class 8 from March 16 to March 26 in view of the unfold of the H3N2 influenza virus within the Union Territory, the Tamil Nadu authorities on Wednesday stated that there won’t be any holidays for college students. In view of the unfold of Influenza A Virus Subtype H3N2, the state’s Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian stated the well being division has stepped up screening measures throughout Tamil Nadu to comprise the unfold of the an infection. He additionally knowledgeable that no extreme circumstances of the H3N2 virus have been reported within the state. He additionally allayed fears of the unfold of the influenza A virus and appealed to the general public to not panic.
“We are conducting over 1,000 medical camps on a day-to-day basis… We have conducted 1,586 medical camps today and this has been going on over the last few days… There has been no case of serious illness or requirement of admission into intensive care units (of any government hospital due to influenza)…,” he informed reporters.Â
“There is no need to panic”, he confused.Â
Asked whether or not faculties can be required to be shut according to the announcement made by the Puducherry authorities, he replied, “Such a condition does not arise in Tamil Nadu.”Â
“There is no such necessity here. Whatever infections reported in Tamil Nadu were not serious,” the Minister within the MK Stalin cupboard stated.Â
H3N2 signs
The H3N2 signs reported in Tamil Nadu are throat ache, and physique cache, and individuals are recovering from gentle infections, the Minister acknowledged.
As many as 476 cellular medical models have been pressed into service for medical camps throughout the state and even when a single an infection was reported in a selected village, all these dwelling within the space are screened utterly, Subramanian stated.
