Latest News on Kk Shailaja
Showing of 0 - 10 from 19 results
Kk Shailaja - Total results - 19
-
Jun 10, 2019
Nipah Virus: Kerala's ad-hoc health workers who risked life to save patients, on hunger strike since 13 days for regularisation of jobs
The 47 temporary workers were recruited by the health department after the regular staff at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital refused to handle the Nipah patients -
Jun 10, 2019
Nipah virus: Kerala govt acted quickly, but recurrence a sign that state's once immaculate healthcare system is failing
Epidemiologically, what the recurrence of Nipah in Ernakulam indicates is that the virus is still out there - probably in bats or in pigs - and it can hit back any time -
Jun 06, 2019
Kerala Nipah outbreak: Six patients quarantined after threat of infection test negative; condition of seventh remains stable
Authorities have scrambled to trace the source of the potentially deadly virus which resurfaced in the state a year after it struck two north Kerala districts, claiming 17 lives. The Kerala government had put a total of 314 people, including all those who recently came in contact with the Nipah patient, under observation. -
Jun 05, 2019
Condition of Nipah virus patient stable, state five others under observation improving, says Kerala health minister
Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja said said the condition of the college student being treated for Nipah virus is stable, and that of the five others quarantined is improving. -
Jun 04, 2019
Nipah virus fear grips Kerala again as first case this year is confirmed in Kochi; disease had claimed 17 lives in 2018
The Nipah virus, which spreads from human to human, has a mortality rate of over 70 percent. It first appeared in the state in 2018, -
Jun 04, 2019
First case of Nipah virus confirmed in Kerala: 23-year-old Ernakulam man tested positive; Harsh Vardhan says no need to panic
Earlier, two people were suspected to have similar symptoms and currently, around 86 people the patient came in contact with are being observed and asked to take adequate precautionary measures, the health minister said. -
Jun 03, 2019
Kerala health minister says 23-year-old student in Thiruvananthapuram 'suspected' to have Nipah virus day after district officials called reports 'baseless'
A day after Ernakulam district officials rejected reports claiming confirmation of Nipah virus case in the region as baseless, the Kerala government on Monday confirmed that a 23-year-old college student, admitted to a private hospital in Kochi, is suspected to have been infected with the Nipah virus. -
Oct 27, 2018
Sabarimala row: Ashram of Swami Sandeepananda Giri, who supported SC verdict, attacked; two cars and scooter burned
Days after hailing the Supreme Court verdict on the entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple, Swami Sandeepananda Giri's Salagramam ashram at nearby Kundamonkadavu was attacked early Saturday, police said. -
Sep 02, 2018
Kerala floods: Woman dies of rat fever in Kozhikode, 15th person to succumb to the disease after deluge
Till Sunday, 40 cases of leptospirosis or rat fever were reported in flood-hit Kerala — Kozhikode reported 28 cases and the rest were from Alappuzha, Thrissur and Pathanamthitta. -
Jun 16, 2018
Nipah virus has been contained, says Kerala health minister; NiV outbreak should be a wake-up call for AES surveillance
Kerala health minister KK Shailaja announced on 10 June, 2018, that the state’s Nipah virus infection (NiV), which killed 17 out of 19 affected over 21 days.
