Udupi dist admin to form task forces for protecting child rights

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July 23, 2017

Udupi, Jul 23: The district administration has decided to form separate task forces or the protection of children’s rights from the grassroots level.

Chairing a meeting on District Children’s Rights Protection here, Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner, said that Sixty per cent members of these task forces will be children and the remaining will comprise elected representatives and NGOs working for children’s rights.

The forces will be set up at the gram panchayat, then the taluk panchayat and finally the zilla panchayat level.

The work of such task forces, children’s helpline and action to be taken during emergencies, were discussed at the meeting.

Shilpa Nag, Assistant Commissioner, said that a drawing competition should be held for schoolchildren to select the logo for the task forces.

Srinivas Rao, Chief Planning Officer of Zilla Panchayat, B.K. Narayan, Chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, and other officers and representatives of voluntary organizations were present.

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HMPV enters India: First case detected in 8-month-old baby in Bengaluru

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January 6,2025

Bengaluru: An eight-month old baby has been detected with the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in a Bengaluru hospital on Monday, with reports going viral online. This is likely the first reported case of HMPV in the country after the recent spike in China.

The baby is reportedly undergoing treatment in a private hospital in northern Bengaluru.

The Karnataka state health department has maintained that there is no cause for concern.

"We don't know what strain of virus is spreading in China. Without knowing that, we cannot say that this reported case is concerning. We have been reviewing all influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) from December to check for any strain that is concerning. There is no such concerning spike across the state or country," said a well-placed source in the state health department.

The HMPV is a known virus (first discovered in 2001) that causes respiratory symptoms similar to that of a common cold, largely affecting children below the age of five. It is not a new virus.

Cases have been reported in the past, especially in the winter season, note experts and health department officials, making it not an immediate concern, unless an unusual spike is observed.

In December 2024, 714 suspected cases of HMPV were tested in 16 Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) across the country, of which only nine were confirmed positive.

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