The Kozhikode Municipal Corporation has asked restaurants, fruit
stalls and other eateries in Kozhikode city not to keep stale food and
rotten fruits in view of the Nipah virus infection reported from some
parts of the district.

The health wing of the Corporation has, in a
circular, urged all food outlets to ensure cleanliness standards and
asked staff members to maintain personal hygiene.

Those employing
migrant labourers have been asked to look into the health condition of
the workers. Any worker showing symptoms such as fever, headache,
fatigue, blurred vision or loss of consciousness should immediately be
taken to a doctor.

They should not be allowed to rejoin work unless they are fit.

All
labourers should maintain personal hygiene, use gloves and masks while
at work and wash hands with soap regularly, health standing committee
chairman K.V. Baburaj has said.

Drinking water

Water
should be boiled well before it is used for drinking. Sources of
drinking water should be covered to keep animals and birds away.

Rooms where vegetables, fruits and other food items are stored should be free of pests.

Utensils used to serve food should be sterilised in boiling water.