Kerala Nipah virus News

Health authorities in Kerala have issued an alert in three districts- Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Palakkad after two suspected cases of the Nipah virus were detected. Meanwhile, Kerala Health Minister Veena George informed that the suspected cases of Nipah virus are from Palakkad and Malappuram districts.  

Responding to a query regarding the Nipah infection in the assembly, State Health Minister Veena George said that the virus strain seen in Kerala was the Bangladesh variant that spreads from human to human and has a high mortality rate.

A 12-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus infection at Kozhikode in Kerala on September 5. The test results of eight people, including the child's parents and health care workers, who came in close contact with him, returned negative. The Kerala government had put the health departments in four districts -- Kozhikode, neighbouring Kannur, Malappuram and Wayanad -- on high alert.

Tamil Nadu has stepped up fever surveillance at the borders after a 12-year-old boy from Kerala died due to Nipah on Sunday early morning. Chennai International Airport has installed thermal scanning facilities to check on the Covid-19 infection among international passengers.

Kerala Health Minister Veena George informed on Sunday that a 12-year-old boy in Kerala dies of Nipah virus infection. The health minister has left for Kozhikode to take stock of the situation.

Union Health Minister JP Nadda has ordered the constitution of a high-level team of doctors to tackle the Nipah virus outbreak, which has claimed several lives in Kerala in the last two weeks. The order was given by the minister after he reviewed the situation.

Health department of the state has confirmed that two out of the nine deceased were affected with the rare Nipah virus.