PTI
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 9: Measures to check the spread of chikungunya fever were on in full swing in the worst-hit Alappuzha in Kerala, even as reports said five more persons died of the viral fever in the district on Sunday, taking the toll since the outbreak of the disease in the state to 86.
National Rural Health Mission director Dinesh Arora had been appointed head of the Sanitation Drive Action Committee in Cherthala taluk and a special squad had been formed under the department for anti-mosquito drive in the region, official sources said.
Director of Health Services Kuttamani said the number of fever cases had come down in Alappuzha district. He expressed the hope that with the action plan being implemented, the disease could be contained soon.