Nipah Virus Outbreak: 40-70% Fatality Rate, Can Spread By Droplets, Confirms ICMR
Since 2018, Kerala is currently seeing its fourth outbreak of Nipah. ICMR confirms the fatality rate and transmission, read here.
Sep 16, 2023, 14:27 PM IST
Nipah Virus Outbreak In Kerala: Kozhikode Shuts Schools, Colleges Till Sept 24
The contact list of infected persons has 1,080 people out of which 327 people on the list are health workers.
Sep 16, 2023, 06:39 AM IST
Nipah Virus Outbreak: Will Kerala Impose 'Lockdown' As Cases Continue To Rise? Check Details
Nipah Virus Threat In Kerala: The Kerala Health Department has issued a high alert following the unfortunate demise of two individuals in Kozhikode due to fever, subsequently confirmed to be linked to the Nipah virus by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
Sep 14, 2023, 21:26 PM IST
Nipah Virus Outbreak: What Do We Know About Deadly Virus That Has Claimed 2 Lives, Triggered Panic In Kerala
The Nipah virus was first identified in 1998 during an outbreak of illness among pig farmers in Malaysia and Singapore.
Sep 14, 2023, 16:05 PM IST
Nipah virus: Will it cause the next pandemic and can it be prevented?
A recent outbreak of the Nipah virus in India has raised the question of whether we should start to consider it as a future threat and look to build up our arsenal of defences now.
Nov 01, 2021, 11:07 AM IST
Nipah virus: Take more precautions to prevent outbreak, Karnataka CM directs health officials
The Karnataka government has issued an advisory to prevent the outbreak of infection in the state and instructed the district administrations to monitor the arrivals from Kerala for symptoms like fever, altered mental status, severe weakness, headache, respiratory distress, cough, vomiting, muscle pain, convulsion and diarrhoea.
Sep 09, 2021, 07:53 AM IST
Coimbatore DC denies Nipah outbreak, says case reported in Kerala's Calicut
The administration is planning to test people coming from Kerala, where multiple cases of the Nipah virus have been recently reported.
Sep 06, 2021, 16:27 PM IST
How Nipah infection is different from swine flu, bird flu
Doctors say that the symptoms of Nipah infection, swine flu and bird flu are similar, but there are also differences in how the diseases impact people and also in their treatment.
Nipah Virus Disease: A list of dos and don'ts by Delhi Government
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.
Jun 01, 2018, 15:19 PM IST
Death toll from Nipah virus rose to 15 in Kerala
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.
May 31, 2018, 10:47 AM IST
Haryana minister Anil Vij compares Rahul Gandhi to deadly Nipah virus, sparks row
Haryana Cabinet Minister Anil Vij has now compared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to deadly Nipah virus, which has claimed many lives across the country.
May 29, 2018, 16:44 PM IST
Nipah virus claims another life in Kerala, 9 others under observation
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.
Nipah virus claims 2 more lives in Kerala, 8 people kept under observation
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.
May 22, 2018, 11:43 AM IST
Authorities fear Nipah virus may spread to Goa and Mumbai; hospitals on alert
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.
May 22, 2018, 09:13 AM IST
Health Ministry forms high-level team to tackle Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala
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.
May 21, 2018, 12:09 PM IST
