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Too little salt can lead to deficiencies, while too much can lead to health problems such as hypertension, heart disease, and stroke.
There are 330 persons in the contact list at present, of whom 68 are health workers and 101 are from the school where the 14-year-old Malappuram boy studied.
ICMR demands explanation from the researchers of BHU.
ICMR advises people to drink tea and coffee without milk to reduce health risks.
ICMR has detected the presence of Nipah virus in bats in Sulthan Bathery and Mananthavady.
The minister said bats carrying the virus are present in the Sulthan Bathery and Mananthavady areas.
A team from ICMR, which visited Kozhikode, collected bat samples with the help of experts from the animal husbandry department.
ICMR is also planning to start work on developing a vaccine against the viral disease.
The Indian Medical Association, on the other hand, has advised against the indiscriminate use of antibiotics amid rising cases of cough, cold and nausea across the country.
The ICMR guidelines stated that antibiotics should be prescribed for a duration of five days for skin and soft tissue infections, five days in case of community-acquired pneumonia and eight days for hospital-acquired pneumonia.