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.
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.
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.
Nine individuals on the contact list for Nipah had negative results, according to information released by Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Monday. The minister was speaking after the Nipa review meeting was held in the Malappuram Collectorate Conference Hall in the evening.
The 14-year-old boy who tested positive for Nipah virus at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital succumbed to the disease on Sunday afternoon, Health Minister Veena George stated.
"Kerala has dealt with these viruses before. We seem to sadly be an incubator of many viruses. Right now, there's Nipah, there's H1N1...various other things being talked about, and people are worried about it, particularly in a state which is so advanced, where the health system is consid
The 14-year-old boy who tested positive for Nipah virus at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital succumbed to the disease on Sunday afternoon, Health Minister Veena George stated.
The 14-year-old boy who was tested positive for Nipah virus at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital succumbed to the disease on Sunday afternoon, Health Minister Veena George stated.
The meeting discussed the measures to be taken to prevent the spread of the virus and to ensure the safety of the public. The officials also reviewed the current situation and the steps taken so far to control the outbreak.