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West Bengal nurse infected with Nipah virus dies of cardiac arrest, confir
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
In a first for the decade, the nurse who was infected with the Nipah virus died of a cardiac arrest in West Bengal on Thursday, the state health department said.
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Only two Nipah virus disease cases reported in West Bengal since last Dece
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
In this context, it is clarified that, as per reports received from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), only two confirmed cases of Nipah Virus Disease have been reported from West Bengal from December last year to date.
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"Both Kerala and West Bengal are endemic for Nipah Virus:" Dr Narendra Kum
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
President of AIIMS Bilaspur, and Chairman of India's Covid-19 Working Group at the National Technical Advisory Group, Dr Narendra Kumar Arora, speaking on the presence of Nipah Virus in India, mentioned that both states Kerala and West Bengal are endemic to the virus.
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"Highly infectious, fatal": AIIMS Bilaspur president says no vaccine avail
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
"Nipah virus is highly infectious and fatal. Patients either develop symptoms of encephalitis or severe respiratory disease. The mortality rate ranges between 40 and 75 per cent, which is very high," Dr Arora told ANI.
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"Reports of five cases of Nipah Virus untrue in WB, only two cases reporte
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Dr Chakraborty clarified, "We received an update an hour ago. It stated that there are only two such cases. Some news reports had claimed there were five cases, but that's not true. There were some suspected cases, and those patients were admitted to our Beleghata ID Hosp
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"Nipah Virus spreads from bats to humans, early detection crucial", Dr Raj
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Ex-President of IMA Cochin and Convener of the Research Cell, Kerala, on Monday warned that the Nipah virus spreads from bats to humans and can cause severe illness with a high death rate.
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"No need to panic, no Nipah cases detected in Odisha," says Health Ministe
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Mahaling said, "No symptoms or cases of Nipah have been detected in Odisha yet. I want to assure all the people of Odisha that there is no need to panic about Nipah in the state. We are keeping a close watch on the districts adjacent to West Bengal as well."
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Nipah virus has to be contained first, eradication should be top priority:
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Amid reports of two suspected Nipah virus cases in West Bengal, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda has said that the government has initiated a coordinated response to prevent a potential outbreak.
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"Coordinated action initiated to contain outbreak:" Union Health Minister
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda, amid reports of two suspected Nipah virus cases in West Bengal, said that the government has initiated a coordinated response to prevent a potential outbreak.
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West Bengal: 2 suspected Nipah virus cases, Centre deploys response team
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Two suspected cases of Nipah virus disease have been identified at the Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL), ICMR, AIIMS Kalyani, West Bengal.
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"Everything is under control", says Kerala Health Minister, Veena George,
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
This comes after a 13-year-old boy allegedly died owing to electrocution on school premises in Kerala's Kollam region.
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Nipah surveillance: 33 removed from contact list in Kerala as 648 remain u
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Notably, 21 people from Malappuram and 12 from Palakkad have completed their isolation period and have been removed from the contact list, the statement read.
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