Sri Lanka, May 25 -- The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health issued a special set of guidelines last weekend to all health sectors and institutions regarding the control, prevention, preparedness, and response to Enteroviral Meningitis, as the disease spreads across various regions, particularly around schools and community-based premises.

The comprehensive guideline package includes information on symptoms (suspected conditions), clinical diagnosis and classification, modes of transmission, treatment, control and prevention steps, public health habits, instructions for schools, sample collection and laboratory testing, clinical management, institutional and community-level control measures, and guidelines for festivals and commu...