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TN steps up surveillance at border after Kerala boy dies of Nipah

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.

Two health workers show symptoms of Nipah infection: Kerala Health Minister

Two more people have been identified with symptoms of Nipah virus infection, Kerala health minister Veen George said here on Sunday. The two are among the 20 high risk contacts of the deceased 12-year-old child, she said. "We have identified 188 contacts till now. The surveillance team have marked 20 of them as high risk contacts. Two of these high risk contacts have symptoms. Both are health workers. One works with a private hospital, while the other is a staff member of Kozhikode Medical College hospital," she told reporters after chairing a high-level meeting to take stock of the situation. She said all the 20 high risk contacts will be shifted to the Kozhikode Medical College by evening, while other contacts of the child have been asked to remain in isolation. The pay ward at the Medical College Hospital has been completely converted into a dedicated Nipah ward, she said. The boy died at a hospital here early this morning. The samples of the boy, which were sent to the Nationa

Nipah virus: Central team rushed to Kerala after a 12-year-old boy dies

A Central team has been rushed to Kerala after a 12-year-old boy died due to Nipah virus infection in the state's Kozhikode district, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

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India coronavirus dispatch: 'Infodemic' is as dangerous as the virus itself

From Kerala's smart testing and community care, to hospitals putting off elective surgeries, and the progress with solidarity trials so far - read these and more in today's India dispatch

In Covid-19 fight, it's about fundamentals

Administrative response to Nipah or even the quick evacuation of Indian nationals from Wuhan shows the government can be responsive and effective when it wants to

One affected and five suspected of Nipah virus infection: KK Shailaja

Five more persons were under observation in Kerala in the wake of scare over Nipah virus even as the condition of the patient who was diagnosed with the virus is now stable. state Health Minister K K Shailaja sai on Wednesday."His condition is normal now and I think his condition is stable now. The patient admitted to the hospital after testing positive with Nipah Virus is stable now. Only five patients are admitted in the isolation ward.... ncluding the one who had tested positive, the number is six," Shailaja told ANI here.A 23-year-old college student tested positive for Nipah virus in Kerala's Ernakulam on Tuesday.Apart from rushing a team of doctors to the state for investigation, the Centre had promised to provide every help to the state.Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday had said that he was "very vigorously" following the situation.Shailaja added that the condition of patients who had been admitted on suspicion of the Nipah virus was under control and the ...

Nipah patient stable, 311 people under observation: Kerala Health Minister

According to the World Health Organisation, the incubation period (interval from infection to the onset of symptoms) is believed to range from 4 to 14 days

Kerala government confirms Nipah virus, says 311 under observation

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said there was no need to panic as the health network would rise up to the challenge

Kerala Nipah virus case: Centre rushes six-member team to review situation

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan also spoke to state Health Minister K K Shailaja to discuss the current situation and assured all support from the Centre to the state

23-yr old infected with Nipah virus in Kerala: All you should know

What is this 'deadly Nipah virus'? Can it be contained? How does it spread? How is one infected by Nipah and what is the cure? - these are some of the points we've covered here

Nipah virus: Kerala govt lifts high alert; schools to reopen on June 12

Out of the total samples sent for examination, 371 cases have tested negative so far

Nipah virus contained, no new case reported in the country: MoS Health

As many as 16 people lost their lives in Kerala due to the outbreak of the virus in May.

Lessons for other states: How Kerala contained Nipah virus outbreak

The way the potentially deadly virus hit Kerala without warning and the intensive efforts made by the state health authorities to contain its spread, has lessons for other states

Nipah virus scare: Fruit and vegetables from Kerala banned in Gulf

Region takes about a third of all Indian fruit shipment and quarter of vegetables sold abroad; consignments from other states could face ban, too, if virus not contained

The deadly virus: Laxity in countering Nipah can be disastrous

According to the WHO, Nipah is a zoonotic virus transmittable to humans from animals like bats and pigs

Homoeopaths claim to have a cure for Nipah virus, urge govt to test it out

Meanwhile, a second round of test results from Bhopal collected from fruit bats from affected areas turned out to be negative

Tested negative for Nipah, 36-year-old Kerala woman dies under observation

A health department official said the woman had accompanied a patient to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital where a Nipah-affected person was being treated

Think Nipah has spread to your city? Here's its state-wise status update

The Indian Council for Medical Research has written to the Queensland government in Australia asking it to provide an antibody developed there

Nipah outbreak fallout: Bahrain, UAE ban fruit, vegetables from Kerala

The gulf region is India's largest overseas market for fruit exports