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22 Jul 2024

DNA: How 3 viruses caused havoc in India?

13 Sep 2023

NIV Teams To Arrive In Kerala Following Nipah Confirmation: Veena George

Responding to a query regarding the Nipah infection in the assembly, State Health Minister Veena George said that the virus strain seen in Kerala was the Bangladesh variant that spreads from human to human and has a high mortality rate.

07 Sep 2021

Nipah virus: Karnataka govt asks districts to strengthen surveillance

A 12-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus infection at Kozhikode in Kerala on September 5. The test results of eight people, including the child's parents and health care workers, who came in close contact with him, returned negative. The Kerala government had put the health departments in four districts -- Kozhikode, neighbouring Kannur, Malappuram and Wayanad -- on high alert.

05 Sep 2021

Tamil Nadu step up surveillance at border after Kerala boy dies of Nipah virus

Tamil Nadu has stepped up fever surveillance at the borders after a 12-year-old boy from Kerala died due to Nipah on Sunday early morning. Chennai International Airport has installed thermal scanning facilities to check on the Covid-19 infection among international passengers.

05 Sep 2021

12-year-old boy dies of Nipah virus infection in Kerala’s Kozhikode

Kerala Health Minister Veena George informed on Sunday that a 12-year-old boy in Kerala dies of Nipah virus infection. The health minister has left for Kozhikode to take stock of the situation.

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21 May 2018

Health Ministry forms high-level team to tackle Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala

Union Health Minister JP Nadda has ordered the constitution of a high-level team of doctors to tackle the Nipah virus outbreak, which has claimed several lives in Kerala in the last two weeks. The order was given by the minister after he reviewed the situation.

21 May 2018

9 die in Kerala due to high fever; 2 confirmed cases of Nipah virus

Health department of the state has confirmed that two out of the nine deceased were affected with the rare Nipah virus.

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