Tamil Nadu intensifies surveillance at Kerala borders on Monkeypox
Tamil Nadu intensifies surveillance at Kerala borders on Monkeypox
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CHENNAI:    The Tamil Nadu government has intensified surveillance at the borders of the neighboring state after a Kerala resident was found to have monkeypox.

The first monkeypox case in the nation has been reported from Kerala, the Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian stressed during her speech. "We have intensified patrolling across the borders sharing with Kerala and in airports as well.  The state public health department is running a programme to raise awareness about monkeypox and how it spreads among individuals, the minister added.

According to sources in the Tamil Nadu health department, the state government has already started keeping an eye on the shared borders with Kerala.  At the checkpoints on the Tamil Nadu side, a police unit is deployed with health personnel, including doctors, nurses, and technicians to keep an eye out for any suspected monkeypox patients travelling to Tamil Nadu.

The Kerala man who contracted the sickness had reached the state from a West Asian country, so the authorities are also keeping an eye on the foreign travelers arriving at Tamil Nadu airports. The state health agency is strengthening vigilance in all of the state's airports due to the presence of monkeypox sickness in a number of nations.

The health minister also said that the next mega Covid vaccination camp would be conducted in the state on July 24. The health department has begun a mega booster vaccination drive from July 15th and will extend up to Sept 30 as part of the Azad Ki Amrit Mahotsav programme.

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