Kochi, June. 10 (PTI): Two medical teams from the naval base here on Sunday left for Kottayam and Idukki districts, equipped with medicines, pesticides and fogging equipment to help the Kerala Government contain the spread of chikungunya.

Two teams from the army are undertaking a similar mission in Thiruvananthapuram and Pathanamthitta districts, a navy statement said.

Surgeon Commodore S K Mohanty, Command Medical Officer, is coordinating the activities from Kochi on behalf of the Southern Naval Command.

Each medical team from the navy includes two doctors, one of them a specialist, four medical staff, six non-medical staff and two members for handling pesticides, it said.

The teams will treat people suffering from other ailments besides chikungunya, and carry out the spraying of pesticides and fogging in places as required by health authorities in the two districts, the statement said.