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Fever deaths: CM announces mass cleanliness drive, calls all-party meet

  • CM Pinarayi Vijayan revealed that an all-party meeting would be held on June 23 to discuss issues connected with the spread of fever
  • A three-day mass cleanliness drive would be held across the state from June 27
  • The CM said ‘mobile clinics’ would be opened in densely populated areas and unused buildings in hospitals would be converted as ‘fever wards’
Fever deaths CM announce mass cleanliness drive hold all party meeting

The Kerala government on Wednesday announced a series of measures, including mobile clinics and a mass cleanliness drive, to meet the situation following the spread of various types of fevers, which have claimed over 100 lives so far.

Asking people not to panic, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram that efforts to check the spread of fevers would be strengthened and private doctors would also be roped in to attend to the cases.

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A three-day mass cleanliness drive, with the participation of ministers, MLAs, political leaders, socio-cultural activists, NGOs, government staff, students, police, neighbourhood groups and general public, would be held across the state from June 27. “There is no need for people to be panic. The further spread of fever can be contained through the mass cleanliness drive,” the CM said.

Pinarayi revealed that an all-party meeting would be held on June 23 to discuss issues connected with the spread of fever.

According to health department sources, more than 100 people including women and children, have succumbed to various types of fevers like H1N1, leptospirosis and dengue from January till date in the state.

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Pinarayi also said ‘mobile clinics’ would be opened in densely populated areas and unused buildings in hospitals would be converted as ‘fever wards’ to meet the situation.

Under the drive, garbage dumped in public places and office premises would be removed with the support of people, he said. “The fever-affected places will be divided as high-risk, moderate-risk and lower-risk areas according to the intensity and the spread of the disease,” the CM said, adding that area-specific programmes would be evolved to contain further spread.  

Besides government doctors, the services of doctors in the private sector and that of PG medical students would also be utilised to meet the situation, the CM added.

(with PTI inputs)

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