Nipah

Kerala Government Sounds Nipah Virus Caution Across State

India News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Jayanth Jacob | Friday November 30, 2018

The Kerala government urged the residents in the state to take precautionary measures against Nipah virus, the outbreak of which had claimed 17 lives in Northern Kerala early this year.

Husband Of Nurse Who Died Of Nipah Donates 1st Salary For Kerala Rain Aid

Kerala News | Edited by Stela Dey | Friday August 17, 2018

Sajeesh Puthussery, husband of Nurse Lini who gave up her life after contracting Nipah from patients, donated his first salary as a government clerk to the Kerala flood relief fund.

17 Nipah Deaths In Kerala, No Cases Reported In Other States, Says Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 25, 2018

Seventeen people died due to the Nipah virus in Kerala, out of which 16 were lab confirmed cases, and no patient tested positive for the infection from other states, Parliament was informed.

Husband Of Kerala Nurse Who Died Battling Nipah Virus Gets Government Job

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 18, 2018

The Kerala government has appointed Sajeesh, husband of Lini Puthussery, the nurse who died after contracting Nipah from her patients, as a clerk in the state health department.

First Nipah Virus Victim May Have Passed Infection To 17 Who Died: Report

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 15, 2018

A detailed study by the Kerala government in the recent outbreak of Nipah virus has suggested that 17 of the 19 infected people might have contracted the Nipah virus from the first victim, 26-year-old Mohammed Sabith.

Fruit Bats Identified As Source Of Nipah Virus Outbreak In Kerala

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 3, 2018

Fruit bats were the source of Nipah virus which created havoc in Kerala's Kozhikode in May according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), an official said on Tuesday.

Kerala Government Lifts High Alert Announced Over Nipah Outbreak

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 10, 2018

The Kerala government today decided to lift the high alert sounded in northern Kozhikode and Malappuram districts in the wake of the outbreak of deadly Nipah virus last month that has so far claimed 17 lives.

Nipah Has Been Contained, No Need To Fear, Says Minister Of State For Health

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 9, 2018

Union Minister of State for Health, Ashwini Choubey, today said that the Nipah virus has been contained and there was no need to run away from Kerala, where several deaths due to the virus have been reported.

Government Says Bats Not Ruled Out As Primary Source Of Nipah Virus

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 7, 2018

The union health ministry today said that bats cannot be ruled out as the primary source of Nipah outbreak, nearly two weeks after a central medical team told it that samples collected from bats in two Kerala districts, where 17 people have died of Nipah infection, tested negative.

Amid Deaths And Scares, Kerala Doctors The Real Warriors In Battle Against Nipah

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Thursday June 7, 2018

After the brain-damaging Nipah virus claimed 16 lives in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, two samples which initially tested positive, have now tested negative, health officials said. Blood samples of 244 suspected Nipah cases have also tested negative bringing a sense of relief in the state.

After Relatives, Crematorium Refused, Kerala Doctor Performs Last Rites Of Nipah Affected

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 6, 2018

Nipah virus has claimed 17 lives - 14 in Kozhikode and 3 in neighbouring Malappuram since its outbreak last month.

Kerala Nurse Who Died Battling Nipah Virus Honoured by WHO

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 5, 2018

The World Health Organisation or WHO has paid glowing tributes to Kerala's young nurse Lini Puthussery, who died of Nipah virus last month, after treating one of the patients.

Saudi Arabia Bans Produce From Kerala After Nipah Outbreak: Report

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 5, 2018

Saudi Arabia has banned frozen and processed fruit and vegetable imports from Kerala amid concerns over the deadly Nipah virus outbreak.

Kerala Lawmaker Wears Mask In Assembly To Protest Nipah Impact, Told Off

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Tuesday June 5, 2018

In the wake of the Nipah outbreak in Kerala which has claimed 16 lives, opposition MLA Parakkal Abdulla, of the United Democratic Front, walked the floor of the Kerala Assembly wearing a mask and gloves on Monday to demonstrate the impact that the Nipah virus has had.

Nipah Outbreak Under Control But People Need To Be Alert, Says Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 4, 2018

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today the spread of the Nipah virus, which has so far claimed 16 lives in Kerala,has been controlled, but people should be alert.