Kerala releases Rs 19 lakh for Chikungunya-affected regions

Thiruvananthpuram, May 25 (UNI) The Kerala government released Rs 19 lakh to take up emergency preventive measures against the spread of Chikungunya in Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Kollam and Alappuzha districts in the state.

A special team would be stationed at all the four districts where cases of Chikungunya had been reported, State Health Minister P K Sreemathy told reporters here.

Pathanamthitta district which had been severely affected would get Rs ten lakh, she said and added that the other three districts would get Rs two lakh each. The Virology Institute at Alappuzha had been given Rs one lakh in this regard, she said.

Ms Sreemathy also said all the district medical officers had been instructed to ensure sufficient stock of medicines.

UNI