Nipah Virus
- India
Kerala battles new Nipah virus cases; 425 under watch
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George has confirmed that 425 individuals have been placed on the Nipah virus contact list across the state. The highest number of contacts, 228, is in Malappuram…
- News
Nipah Virus strikes Kerala again, man died in Malappuram
Thiruvananthapuram: The 24-year-old man who died recently at a private hospital in Malappuram was infected with the Nipah virus, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Sunday, September 15. George said the…
- Kerala
Nipah: 16 additional contacts test negative, says Kerala Health Minister
Malappuram: Test results for 16 more contacts of the 14-year-old boy who succumbed to Nipah virus have returned negative, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Wednesday. The boy from Malappuram, who…
- India
Centre to deploy team to support Kerala in probing Nipah virus case
New Delhi: The government will deploy a multi-member joint outbreak response team to support Kerala in investigating a Nipah virus case detected in its Mallapuram district, identifying epidemiological linkages, and providing technical…
- World
First human trial for deadly Nipah virus vaccine begins in UK
London: Scientists at the University of Oxford in the UK have launched the first-in-human clinical trial to test a vaccine to protect people against deadly Nipah virus. Fifty-one people aged 18 to…
- India
4 Nipah infected patients in Kerala have recovered, says Health Minister
Thiruvananthapuram: Four people, including a nine-year-old boy, who were under treatment for Nipah in Kozhikode, have recovered, said state Health Minister Veena George on Friday. Sharing the “good news”, the minister said…
- India
No new positive case of Nipah; 61 negative results: Kerala govt
Kozhikode: No new Nipah positive cases were reported in the state since September 16 with 61 more samples of persons who were in the high risk contact list turning up negative for…
- India
Is Nipah virus deadlier than COVID-19? Know mortality rate
Amid the global rise in COVID-19 cases, India’s Kerala is facing fresh cases of the Nipah virus in Kozhikode district. The Nipah virus has a higher mortality rate than COVID-19. Recently, at…
- India
Nipah virus: India to procure 20 doses of antibody from Australia
New Delhi: India has reached out to Australia for procuring 20 more doses of monoclonal antibody for the treatment of Nipah virus infection amid cases being reported from Kerala, ICMR DG Rajeev…
- India
Nipah virus: All educational institutes in Kozhikode to remain shut till Sept 24
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…
- India
Nipah virus: Case against man for posting fake news on social media
Kozhikode: Kerala police has registered a case against a 40-year-old man for allegedly posting fake news through social media on the deadly Nipah virus infections in the state. Police registered a case…
- Kerala
As Nipah strikes Kerala, RGCB rolls out a mobile virology laboratory
Thiruvananthapuram: The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) in Kerala on Thursday rolled out a fully-equipped mobile virology testing laboratory, strengthening the efforts to contain the Nipah virus infection reported from parts…
- India
After Kerala, Nipah alert in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district
Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada district administration in Karnataka has sounded an alert in the district following the confirmation of Nipah cases in neighbouring Kerala. The Health department has asked the police to…
- India
Nipah virus breaks out again – Know its symptoms
The Nipah scare has returned to Kerala as the state’s Kozhikode reported four cases of the virus, with two fatalities. In light of this, it is crucial to understand how Nipah virus…
- Health
Mandaviya confirms two Nipah virus deaths in Kerala
New Delhi: Two deaths reported from Kerala’s Kozhikode district were caused by Nipah virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. He said a central team of experts has been sent…
