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Initial symptoms often include fever, headache and muscle pain. New Delhi: A 14-year-old boy from Pandikkad in Malappuram tested positive for Nipah on Saturday. The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune confirmed the infection. “NIV, Pune has confirmed the infection. Residents of Malappuram should remain vigilant. The boy is in critical condition and has…
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Students, who are studying in Bangladesh, upon their arrival following protest against the government job quota, at the Akhura Check post, in Agartala, on July 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Nipah virus resurfaces in Malappuram, 15-year-old boy in critical condition Nipah virus scare resurfaced in Malappuram on July 20 following the confirmation of a case…
Kerala Health Minister Veena George convened a high-level meeting today over Nipah virus Mallapuram, Kerala: Kerala Health Minister Veena George convened a high-level meeting today in Kerala’s Malappuram district after reports of a suspected case of the ‘Nipah’ virus in the state. The meeting discussed the measures to be taken to prevent the spread of…
Bat populations in many Indian States harbour serological evidence of exposure to Nipah virus,” the Nature article points out. | Photo Credit: CraigRJD Many places in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, southern China, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and some Indian States, have Nipah virus reservoirs and could experience cross-species transmission to humans, says…
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Nipah Virus: As of now, six positive cases of Nipah Virus have been reported in the state. Kozhikode: In the wake of the Nipah virus infection, all educational institutes in Kerala’s Kozhikode will remain shut for a week until next Sunday, September 24. This includes schools, professional colleges, and tuition centres. Meanwhile, online classes will…
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Nipah virus: There are no vaccines to prevent or cure the infection. (file) New Delhi: A 39-year-old man in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, who had sought treatment at a private hospital where Nipah virus-affected were treated for other ailments earlier, has tested positive for the virus, taking the total known Nipah infections in the southern state…
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Central team of officials to visit Nipah-hit areas A Central team of officials is expected to visit Maruthonkara and Ayancheri areas in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Friday where two persons died due to Nipah infection recently. Five people have so far tested positive for the virus, of whom two are dead. The others are…
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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“We can conduct surveillance at a remote village and gather information,” Mansukh Mandaviya said. New Delhi: The Nipah virus spreads much slower than Covid and unlike Covid, it spreads through a vector, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told NDTV today. A treatment protocol is there and once the tests are done and the disease is…
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So far, the samples were being sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. (Representational) New Delhi: The ICMR’s National Institute of Virology in Pune on Thursday sent its mobile BSL-3 laboratory to Kozhikode in Kerala to test samples for Nipah virus in the district itself after five cases, including two deaths, were reported…