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Since 2018, Kerala is currently seeing its fourth outbreak of Nipah. ICMR confirms the fatality rate and transmission, read here.
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Till the 24th of this month, if necessary the district collector can ban gatherings in Kozhikode district.
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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.
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A joint team from NIV Pune and Animal Husbandry are investigating bats and other animals in the area for the possible time of transmission of infection, the Health Minister was informed.
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The patients were suffering from fever and had been in direct contact with a youth who had tested positive for Nipah virus previously.
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In infected people, it causes a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory illness and fatal encephalitis.
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A Control room will be established and NCDC Strategic Health Operations Center (SHOC) has been activated.
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Earlier, blood samples examined at two virology institutes--Manipal Institute of Virology and Kerala Institute of Virology and Infectious Diseases--had indicated Nipah.
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Nipah virus has claimed 17 lives -- 14 in Kozhikode and 3 in neighboring Malappuram since its outbreak last month.
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UAE officials announced that 100 tonnes of fruit, vegetables and fresh produce that was to be imported from Kerala was prohibited from entry.
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The deadly Nipah Virus, which has claimed at least 16 lives in Kerala's northern districts, is yet to hit the national capital. Informing Delhities about the the kind of virus, the state government issued a list of dos and don'ts.
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The outbreak of the Nipah virus infection, a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans, is suspected to be from an unused well in Perambra which was infested with bats.
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As many as nine others have been admitted to Kozhikodu Medical College with suspected Nipah infection. Kerala Health minister K K Shailaja said that at least 175 people are being monitored by the authorities.
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has advised the public to avoid consuming raw date palm sap or toddy, half-eaten fruits from the ground and refrain from entering into abandoned wells and eat only washed fruits.
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With 10 deaths reported from Kerala and two more being suspected as cases being related to Nipah virus, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Wednesday said that all measures are being taken to contain the epidemic.
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Ten persons have so far lost their lives to the Nipah virus in the northern Kerala districts of Kozhikode and Malappuram.
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Two more persons died due to Nipah virus contamination in Kerala on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths due to the rare virus to five. The deaths have been reported from Kozhikode medical college and hospital in Kerala. The deceased were being treated in isolation ward.
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The Goa health department is constantly in touch with the Kerala government to ascertain the impact and spread of the rare and deadly Nipah virus.
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