Nipah

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.

Nipah Outbreak Is A Result Of "Tampering With Nature": Union Health Minister JP Nadda

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

Union Health Minister J P Nadda today said that incidents such as the Nipah virus outbreak were the result of "tampering with nature".

Kerala To Pay Medical Bills Of Nipah Affected Patients: Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday June 4, 2018

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday told an all party meeting here that the government would foot the entire medical bills of all those being treated for the malady at Kozhikode and Malappuram.

Nipah Virus: Situation Now Not Alarming, Says Kerala Government

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

The situation in Kerala at present following the outbreak of Nipah virus, which has so far claimed 16 lives, is not alarming as no new cases have been reported, a high-level review meeting said on Sunday.

Kerala Soldier Who Died In Bengal Did Not Have Nipah, Says Medical Test

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 3, 2018

The fluid samples of a soldier, who died in Kolkata, days after returning from his hometown in Kerala, have tested "negative" for Nipah virus infection, a defence official said today.

Fruit Bat Samples From Kerala Test Negative For Nipah

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Sunday June 3, 2018

With a Nipah outbreak in Kerala since around two weeks, the carrier of the virus is yet to be identified.

Nipah Virus: Kozhikode Church To Stop Giving Holy Communion On Tongue

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 2, 2018

Nipah Virus: In view of the Nipah virus outbreak claiming 16 lives in Kerala, the Syro-Malabar church in Kozhikode has decided to stop serving the holy communion to the faithful on their tongue.