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All samples sent to NIV, Pune tests negative for Nipah virus, says Kerala
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], September 7 (ANI): All 24 samples of eight persons sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune have tested negative for Nipah virus, said Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday.
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Nipah virus: Testing lab is ready to open in Kozhikode govt hospital
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): Kerala health minister Veena George on Monday said that a testing lab is ready at Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode and henceforth the RT-PCR and other samples testing will be done in Kozhikode.
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Kerala reports 19,688 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): Kerala reported 19,688 new cases of COVID-19 and 135 fatalities on Monday.
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Nipah Virus: Health ministry writes to Kerala Chief Secretary, suggests me
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday has written to Kerala Chief Secretary Dr VP Joy recommending measures to be taken to control the spread Nipah virus in the state and directed him to strengthen the hospital-based and comm
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Kerala HC allows Kitex to jab its workers before completion of 84 days
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed Kitex Garments Ltd company to administer the second dose of Covishield vaccine to its workers before the completion of an 84-day gap of first dose.
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INS Vikrant Bomb Threat: Ernakulam police register case
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): A case has been registered at Ernakulam South Police, Kerala in a matter wherein Cochin Shipyard received an anonymous email two weeks ago threatening to bomb INS Vikrant, said the Ernakulam South Police.
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Nipah is a serious disease with high morbidity, mortality: AIIMS top exper
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): As Kerala witnessed its first Nipah virus fatality with the death of a 12-year-old in its Kozhikode district, experts stress the importance of ascertaining the source of transmission of the fatal virus, which is highly contagious once it jumps from an
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Nipah virus: Officials collect swab samples of goat at Kozhikode victim's
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): A day after a 12-year-old boy died of Nipah virus in Kozhikode, officials from the district's health and animal husbandry department collected swab samples from a goat reared by the family which had come in contact with the deceased, in a bid to
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Nipah virus case reported in Kozhikode
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): A case of Nipah virus was registered in Kozhikode in Kerala, informed Coimbatore district collector GS Sameeran, adding that they are taking all necessary precautions on the state border.
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BJP criticizes Kerala govt for spike in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): With Kerala constantly reporting more than half of the country's daily COVID-19 cases, Senior Bhartiya Janta party (BJP) leader Kummanam Rajasekharan on Monday criticized the Kerala government for the spike in COVID-19 cases in the state and accused
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India reports 38,948 new COVID-19 cases, Kerala adds 26,701 infections
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): India reported 38,948 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 3,30,27,621, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.
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Central team visits house of boy who died of Nipah in Kozhikode, collects
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], September 6 (ANI): A central team visited Kerala's Kozhikode district on Sunday, where a 12-year-old boy died after getting infected by Nipah and collected samples of Rambutan fruits from the nearby vicinity to identify the source of infection.
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