Keralam to adopt calendar-based infectious disease prevention strategy

Keralam to adopt calendar-based infectious disease prevention strategy left Representational image. Getty Images/iStockphoto https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/46zn41/article71616300.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/IMG_iStock-1314471030_2_1_36A6T7N8.jpg Nisha Dutta A female person taking medicines or antibiotic tablets with a glass of water. Concept for sick at home treatment and medication, covid-19 immunity booster, vitamins. The epidemic calendar gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend of diseases, which will help plan disease prevention measures; it has been prepared by the experts in the high-power committee constituted by the Health department for surveillance and prevention of infectious diseases Thiruvananthapuram The Keralam Health department has come up with the idea of an infectious disease prevention calendar that gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend of diseases, which will help plan disease prevention measures in the field. The epidemic calendar, prepared for the first time by the department, was released by Health Minister K. Muraleedharan here on Friday (October 23, 2026).