Shigellosis cases rise to three in Wayanad; Health Minister reviews situation
Health officials in Wayanad are managing a shigellosis outbreak after three students tested positive for the bacterial infection. The Health Minister has ordered strict sanitation inspections and the development of a specialized treatment protocol.
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Public health outbreaks in school settings require rapid government intervention to prevent wider community spread.
One more student tested positive for shigellosis, a bacterial infection caused by shigella, in Wayanad on Tuesday, taking the total number of confirmed cases to three. Following the outbreak among students of Mar Baselios AUP School at Koliyadi, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan visited those undergoing treatment at Taluk Headquarters Hospital, Sulthan Bathery.
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