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https://www.tnp.sg/news/world/indias-flood-hit-kerala-state-faces-shortages-rat-fever-drug
India’s flood-hit Kerala state faces shortages of ‘rat fever’ drug
Volunteers cleaning a residential house following floods in Kuttanad in Alappuzha district in the southern Indian state of Kerala. PHOTO: REUTERS
Sep 06, 2018 06:00 am
NEW DELHI: India's flood-ravaged Kerala state is facing shortages of a drug that fights an infectious bacterial disease after the worst flooding in a century, forcing authorities to turn to other states to help ramp up supplies.
Suspected cases of leptospirosis, a waterborne disease known locally as 'rat fever', has climbed to 800 since mid-August, a health ministry spokesman said.
Transmitted via the urine of infected animals, its symptoms include muscle pain and fever.
Confirmed deaths caused by leptospirosis so far total 12, while suspected deaths, pending full medical reports, number 41, the spokesman added.
The surge in cases comes after torrential rain beginning on Aug 8 flooded almost the entire state, killing hundreds of people, destroying thousands of homes and causing at least 200 billion rupees (S$3.84 billion) worth of damage.
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The southern state's Kozhikode district, one of the worst hit by rat fever, is facing supply shortages as demand for the preventive drug shot up, following a few deaths locally.
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Kozhikode corporation needs about 3 million tablets over the next two months, but currently has only about 500,000 in stock, said R.S. Gopakumar, its health officer.
"We have got supplies, but the stocks have been depleting fast," Mr Gopakumar said, as more people are demanding the preventive tablets, which need to be taken once a week for a month.
"Supply shortages are being replenished. Of course the demand has shot up, but we are monitoring daily," said Dr Saritha R.L., the state's director of health service. - REUTERS
https://www.tnp.sg/news/world/indias-flood-hit-kerala-state-faces-shortages-rat-fever-drug
India’s flood-hit Kerala state faces shortages of ‘rat fever’ drug
Sep 06, 2018 06:00 am
NEW DELHI: India's flood-ravaged Kerala state is facing shortages of a drug that fights an infectious bacterial disease after the worst flooding in a century, forcing authorities to turn to other states to help ramp up supplies.
Suspected cases of leptospirosis, a waterborne disease known locally as 'rat fever', has climbed to 800 since mid-August, a health ministry spokesman said.
Transmitted via the urine of infected animals, its symptoms include muscle pain and fever.
Confirmed deaths caused by leptospirosis so far total 12, while suspected deaths, pending full medical reports, number 41, the spokesman added.
The surge in cases comes after torrential rain beginning on Aug 8 flooded almost the entire state, killing hundreds of people, destroying thousands of homes and causing at least 200 billion rupees (S$3.84 billion) worth of damage.
WORST HIT
The southern state's Kozhikode district, one of the worst hit by rat fever, is facing supply shortages as demand for the preventive drug shot up, following a few deaths locally.
World
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Sep 07, 2018
Kozhikode corporation needs about 3 million tablets over the next two months, but currently has only about 500,000 in stock, said R.S. Gopakumar, its health officer.
"We have got supplies, but the stocks have been depleting fast," Mr Gopakumar said, as more people are demanding the preventive tablets, which need to be taken once a week for a month.
"Supply shortages are being replenished. Of course the demand has shot up, but we are monitoring daily," said Dr Saritha R.L., the state's director of health service. - REUTERS
