New Delhi: Hours after the Puducherry government announced a holiday for all schools up to Class 8 from March 16 to March 26 in view of the spread of H3N2 influenza virus in the union territory, the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday said there would be no holiday. for students. In view of the spread of Influenza A virus subtype H3N2, State Medical and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian said that the health department has stepped up screening measures across Tamil Nadu to contain the spread of the infection. He also informed that no serious case of H3N2 virus has been reported in the state. He also dispelled the apprehensions of the spread of influenza A virus and appealed to the public not to panic.
“We are conducting more than 1,000 medical camps day-by-day… We have conducted 1,586 medical camps today and this is going on for the last few days… No case of serious illness or requiring intensive care has been reported units (in any government hospital due to influenza)…,” he told reporters.
“There is no need to panic”, he insisted.
When asked whether schools would need to be closed as announced by the Puducherry government, he replied, “Such a situation does not arise in Tamil Nadu.”
The minister in the MK Stalin cabinet said, “There is no such requirement here. Whatever infections were reported in Tamil Nadu were not serious.”
H3N2 symptoms
The minister said that the H3N2 symptoms reported in Tamil Nadu are sore throat and body ache and people are recovering from mild infection.
Subramanian said that 476 mobile medical units have been pressed into service for medical camps across the state and even if a single infection is reported in a particular village, all the people living in the area are fully covered. is checked with.