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TopicNipah virus

Topic: Nipah virus

Results of 4 contacts of child who died of Nipah virus return negative, says Veena George

Kerala govt had conducted a complete house-to-house survey within a 3-km-radius from the house of the 12-year-old boy who succumbed to the Nipah virus on 5 September 5.

TrueNat test kit first in India to get ‘emergency use’ approval for Nipah virus diagnosis

TrueNat is a portable, battery-operated RT-PCR platform developed & manufactured in India by Goa-based Molbio Diagnostics. It can test for nearly 30 diseases & results take less than an hour.

Karnataka govt issues advisory to prevent Nipah virus outbreak after Kerala reports cases

The state government has informed people about the antiviral Ribavirin which may have a role in reducing mortality among patients with encephalitis caused by Nipah virus disease.

As Nipah returns to Kerala, a look at lethal virus that left 17 dead in the state in 2018

Nipah is transmitted from animals to humans and causes fever, headache, cough, sore throat, difficulty breathing, and vomiting. Deaths can occur in 40-75% cases.

Kozhikode reports two more cases of Nipah virus after 12-year-old dies of infection

The two new patients are health workers, who were among the high-risk contacts of the deceased child. One works at Kozhikode Medical College hospital and the other at a pvt hospital.

Ebola, Nipah and now COVID-19 — why bats transmit so many deadly viruses

According to some studies, bats were the original hosts of the novel coronavirus strain that has claimed over 4,000 lives worldwide.

Will India’s experience with previous outbreaks help it tackle coronavirus better?

India now has six confirmed cases of coronavirus. PM Modi has asked people to not “panic” and said “different ministries and states were working together”.

How Kerala’s experience in tackling Nipah in 2018 will help it contain coronavirus

Kerala govt’s initiatives & swift action successfully contained the Nipah outbreak. It now says coronavirus will be dealt with the same way.

China gives us hope why coronavirus won’t be as deadly as SARS in 2003

The outbreak of coronavirus emanating from China’s Wuhan city reminds one of the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic that had spread around the world.

If Ebola, Zika and Nipah can cross borders, so can technology. That’s where solution lies

A good example of dealing with infectious diseases is how Kerala handled the Nipah outbreak.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

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What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

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‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.