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Jul 22, 20212 min
NCDC, Delhi received information on Friday, July 16th, 2021 from AIIMS, Delhi along with a lab report from NIV Pune. The information was communicated to the IDSP State Surveillance Unit (SSU), Haryana to initiate an epidemiological investigation into the case. The matter was also reported to the Animal Husbandry Department. A team from NCDC composed of Epidemiologists & Microbiologists was constituted and the team immediately visited AIIMS, New Delhi and Gurugram for undertaking an epidemiological assessment. The State health department and the animal husbandry department officials are also involved in the investigation.
Based on the available information, the team of doctors and nurses treating the patient are being monitored since 16th July 2021 for the development of an influenza-like illness with no one reported symptomatic to date. Contact tracing was undertaken and family members, close contacts and health care workers are under close surveillance. None of the close contacts has any symptoms. Contact tracing, an active search for any symptomatic case has been carried out in the hospital and area where the case resided. IEC activities were carried out for the general public with advice to report any symptomatic case to the health authorities. There are no symptomatic individuals in the area at present.
The Animal Husbandry Department has not found any suspected cases of bird flu in the area and has enhanced surveillance in a 10 km zone as a precautionary measure. Further, an epidemiological investigation by NCDC, involving the animal husbandry department and State government surveillance unit, is underway and appropriate public health measures have been instituted.
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