Tomato fever in Kerala..? Intensive Monitoring on TN Border..?

Sowmiya Sriram
Tomato fever in Kerala..? Intensive Monitoring on TN Border..?
In the kollam district of kerala, 85 children have been diagnosed with tomato flu. As a precautionary measure, the health department is engaged in intensive monitoring. In kerala, hand, foot, and mouth diseases are known as tomato fever. This hand, foot, and mouth disease are caused especially by the Coxsackievirus A16. This can cause moderate damage. It is also known as tomato fever due to the appearance of red rashes on the skin. In kerala, children under the age of 5 are most affected by tomato fever.
Symptoms of tomato fever include fever, sore throat, headache, blisters on the hands, feet, lower back, and feet, loss of appetite, itching of the skin, and later reddening and blistering. In the kollam district of kerala, 85 children have been diagnosed with tomato flu. In this situation, the health department is engaged in intensive monitoring as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of tomato fever to tamil Nadu.
health officials are monitoring the coimbatore district, which data-borders Kerala.All vehicles are being checked to come from kerala with the help of the health Department and police at Valayaru, the main gateway to the state of Kerala. The government is testing children coming in buses and cars for symptoms such as blisters, fever, and colds on their hands.
Kerala travelers are allowed into tamil Nadu only after the test. Two health inspectors are on duty at the Walayar checkpoint to check for signs of fever in passengers. A team of 24 people is also checking all the Anganwadi Centers in the district to see if children under the age of 5 have any symptoms of fever. Surveillance has been intensified in other data-border areas as well.
Commenting on this, Revenue Analyst Anandaraj said that they are testing vehicles coming from kerala to tamil Nadu. The test is performed on children under 5 years of age who are infected with tomato fever and have increased corona spread. Children, in particular, are being tested for symptoms of tomato fever. So far no child has been diagnosed with the disease. They will probably send them to a government hospital for treatment if symptoms are found.
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