Nipah  

Kerala Health minister KK Shailaja officially declared Ernakulam district Nipah-free. On Tuesday (July 23) Kerala's lone Nipah patient was discharged after 53 days of hospital treatment. 
 

After spending 47 days in hospital, a 23-year-old youth who had contracted the Nipah virus will be discharged on Tuesday. He was diagnosed with having contracted the Nipah Virus by Pune's National Institute of Virology on June 4.
 

The National Institute of Virology is yet to confirm the exact location where the virus surfaced

A 53-year-old Nipah suspect in Puducherry continues to be critical and is undergoing treatment at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER).
 

A medical bulletin stated that the second set of samples of the 23-year-old youth was sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune for the final confirmation of results

 

On June 4, Pune’s National Institute of Virology had confirmed that the Kerala youth, who was admitted to a private hospital in Ernakulam with high fever for 10 days, had contracted Nipah virus
 

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that she will not be attending the Niti Aayog meeting in the capital. Two more youths in Kerala were admitted to the isolation ward for suspected Nipah virus. For all the top stories of the day, watch MyNation in 100 seconds.
 

The National Health Mission Karnataka (NHMK) conducted a meeting and issued advisory to all districts regarding the precautions that need to be taken to prevent the entry of Nipah virus into the state.
 

Two youths were admitted to the isolation ward of the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College Hospital in Kerala with symptoms of Nipah virus. Presently, they are under observation. 
 

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The health department in Karnataka has sounded an alert in eight districts of the state after a 23-year-old in Kerala was diagnosed with the potentially deadly Nipah virus

Sample of the seventh person, who showed symptoms of Nipah virus and is currently in the isolation ward, has also been sent for tests to the National Institute of Virology in Pune and the results are awaited. 

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The health ministry has prepared a list of 311 people who have come in contact with the Nipah virus-affected youth. The list includes people from Kollam, Idukki, Thrissur and Ernakulam of Kerala. 

A six-member team consisting of expert doctors from AIIMS in New Delhi, reached Kochi for epidemiological investigation protocol on Nipah virus. Karnataka JD(S) state president H Vishwanath submitted his resignation to JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda.