The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged India to be vigilant about a possible attack of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus or MERS which has ravaged South Korea.
WHO official Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of WHO (South-East Asia Region), New Delhi urged India ‘to enhance surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections, focus on early diagnosis, and step up infection prevention and control procedures in health-care facilities’.
She added that “Strong health systems using strict infection control measures would be the key to prevent the spread of the virus and protect healthcare workers and others.”
In South Korea, many people are seen wearing surgical masks and three new cases were reported today.
WHO also recommended that the outbreak in South Korea is a wakeup call and that in a highly mobile world, all countries should always be prepared for the unanticipated possibility of outbreaks of this, and other serious infectious diseases.