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485 people are currently on Nipah virus contact list in Kerala, says Healt
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
In Malappuram, 18 people are receiving treatment, with one patient in ICU care. So far, 42 samples from the district have tested negative for Nipah virus. In Palakkad, 3 individuals remain in isolation, with 7 samples confirmed negative to date, as per the release.
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Kerala Health Minister Veena George chairs review meeting on prevention of
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Kerala Health Minister Veena George chaired a review meeting regarding the prevention of the Nipah virus at the Collectorate Conference Hall in Malappuram. There are 461 people in the Nipah contact list, out of which 27 people are at a high risk, Health Minister Veena George said.
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Nipah virus outbreak: NCDC team in close contact with Kerala unit, activel
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
According to official sources, the deployment of a National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) is being considered.
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Nipah virus alert issued in three Kerala districts after two suspected cas
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
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.
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Made-in-India RAMBAAN rapid action Mobile BSL-3 Lab on wheels reaching out
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Mobile BSL-3 [MBSL-3] laboratory is an innovative initiative of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for providing the diagnostic surge capacity for enhancing the onsite laboratory services during the outbreaks of known and unknown high risk pathogens.
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Indigenous rapid detection kit ready to detect Nipah virus with 100% accur
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to Dr Naveen Kumar, Director, ICMR-NIV, Pune, "Based on amplification of viral gene without the need for a specialised machine at the field level. It's 100% sensitive and specific."
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Kerala: Three more people test negative for Nipah in Malappuram; 267 on co
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Sunday confirmed that the test results of three more individuals related to the Nipah virus outbreak returned negative.
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Kerala Nipah outbreak: 37 people tested negative so far, 268 on contact li
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Earlier on September 17, Veena George met Union Health Minister JP Nadda in Delhi regarding the Nipah outbreak in Malappuram.
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Malappuram Nipah outbreak: 175 people identified in contact list, 126 in h
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Tuesday that 175 people have been included in the contact list of the 24-year-old patient who died of Nipah virus infection.
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Kerala: 24-year-old man dies of Nipah in Kerala's Malappuram
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
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.
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"Two more people test negative for Nipah," says Kerala Health Minister Vee
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Kerala Health Minister Veena George announced that the test results of two more people for the Nipah virus have come out negative, bringing the total number of negative samples to 68.
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8 more people who came in contact with deceased Kerala boy test negative f
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Serum samples of eight more people in Kerala have tested negative for the Nipah virus, said Health Minister Veena George. So far, samples of 66 people on the contact list of a 15-year-old boy from Malappura district who died of the Nipah virus have tested negative.
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