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Kerala reports 2 deaths due to Nipah virus, Centre sends team for assistance
Fp Staff •The Kerala government has set up a control room in Kozhikode and advised people to use masks as a precautionary measure. Nipah Virus is caused by fruit bats and is potentially fatal to humans as well as animals, according to the World Health Organisation or WHO
Kerala: Nipah alert sounded in Kozhikode after 2 'unnatural' deaths
•The health department said that two 'unnatural' deaths following fever were reported from a private hospital, and it is suspected that these were due to the Nipah virus
The epidemics that weren't: How countries prevented 6 health disasters from taking place
•Over the past couple of years, the headlines and social feeds have been dominated by outbreaks around the world. But a dozen more outbreaks flickered, threatened — and then were snuffed out. Here's a list of cases where countries (including India) got it right
From Dengue to Nipah virus, vector-borne diseases are a major concern for India
Fp Staff •The control of these diseases remains difficult, which leads to straining an already struggling medical infrastructure
Nipah virus: Karnataka government directs districts to strengthen preparedness after outbreak in Kerala
•District Authorities should take all the necessary measures as instructed and as per the local situation, a government advisory added.
Nipah virus outbreak: Centre recommends strengthening hospital, community-based surveillance
•The Union health secretary has called for coordination with animal health and wildlife department to trap and collect samples from fruit bats for virological studies and other associated measures
Twelve-yr-old in Kerala succumbs to Nipah virus infection; symptoms, origin, causes of disease
Fp Staff •Nipah virus or (NiV), which was first identified during an outbreak in Kampung Sungai Nipah, Malaysia in 1998, is primarily a zoonotic disease carried by fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family
Nipah virus kills 12-yr-old, who beat COVID-19 recently, in Kerala's Kozhikode
Fp Staff •The first Nipah virus disease (NiV) outbreak in South India was reported in the Kozhikode district of Kerala on May 19, 2018
Kumbalangi Nights, Unda, Virus, Ishq: Best Malayalam films of 2019 so far have celebrated big and small stars
Neelima Menon •While Prithviraj Sakumaran's directorial debut Lucifer already garnered Rs 200 crore, smaller films like Kumbalangi Nights also made a mark.
Nipah virus: Kerala govt acted quickly, but recurrence a sign that state's once immaculate healthcare system is failing
Pramod •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