The State government is taking measures on a war-footing to contain threats posed by dengue and A(H1N1) influenza, Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar said in Coimbatore on Sunday.
“The Chief Minister has instructed officials to avert fatalities due to fever at any cost. Though a declining trend is being seen in some districts since Saturday, doctors and hospital staff have been instructed to work on Saturday, Sunday, and even on festival days,” the Minister said after visiting fever wards at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) with Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development S.P. Velumani.