The tests conducted at medical college hospitals in Malappuram and Kozhikode have confirmed the infections. Samples have also been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune for further confirmation.
As Maharashtra registers over 100 cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), the Director General Indian Council of Medical Research Dr Rajiv Bahl said that the cases are under investigation as a team of experts have collected various samples.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave instructions to officials here to make special arrangements in government hospitals to treat Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) patients, Chief Minister's Secretariat said in a press release.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Sunday said that the test result of a 24-year-old man who died at a private hospital in Malappuram on Saturday was found positive for Nipah virus. The samples were tested at the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
"Earlier, this institute (AIIMS Rajkot) was dependent on NIV (National Institute of Virology) Pune for virus detection, now it is self-sufficient for virus detection. PM Modi envisioned providing tertiary (higher-end) healthcare facilities to the common people," said JP Nadda after visiting
Five more suspected cases of Chandipura virus have been reported from Gujarat's Sabarkantha district. According to the officials, 14 people suspected of being infected with the virus were admitted to Sabarkantha Civil Hospital.
Lyme, a disease caused by Borrelia bacteria, has been reported from Koovapady in Ernakulam district of Kerala, said a doctor of a private hospital who treated the patient.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has taken over the security of Indian Council of Medial Research, National Institute of Virology ICMR-NIV, Pune in Maharashtra.
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar reviewed steps taken for containment of Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode, Kerala, from the Indian Council of Medical Research – National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV), in Pune on Thursday
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu is likely to lay the foundation stone of the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Assam's Dibrugarh and Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur virtually on Thursday, said sources.
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu will lay the foundation stone of the National Institute of Virology at Bengaluru on Tuesday, informed Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya.
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Three out of the five Monkeypox cases reported from Delhi had a history of heterosexual contact, said the preliminary study done by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.