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Health workers wait to admit patients at a Nipah isolation ward at the Medical College, in Kozhikode on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI Since May 2018 when Kerala reported the first Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode district, there have been three more outbreaks of Nipah virus including the latest one in late-August 2023. For reasons still…
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Kerala Health Minister said the mobile lab has 2 machines each of which can test 96 samples at a time. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Thursday decided to take body-fluid samples of all of those who are on the ‘high-risk’ contact list linked to the first Nipah victim, a 47-year-old man who died on August…
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2 people have died of Nipah virus in Kerala. (Representational) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Amid fears of the spread of Nipah virus in Kerala after the death of two patients in Kozhikode district, Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday said the state government had made all arrangements to contain the pathogen and ensure public safety. In a…
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Deaths due to Nipah virus infection were reported in Kozhikode district in 2018 and 2021. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Health Department sounded a health alert in Kozhikode district on Monday following two “unnatural” deaths suspected to be due to the Nipah virus infection. State Health Minister Veena George held a high-level meeting and reviewed the situation,…
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