Nipah infection : 17 additional examples test negative for disease, says Kerala Health Minister

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KEY STORY

  • In a big relief for the state government, Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Monday informed that 17 more persons, who were on the contact list of the child who succumbed to the Nipah virus last week, have tested negative.
  • “Seven more people have tested negative for Nipah virus. Of these, five persons were tested at NIV Pune and the rest in a specially set up lab at Kozhikode Medical College. Samples of a total of 140 people have been found negative,” ANI quoted the Kerala health minister as saying.
  • Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus but it can also be transmitted from person to person and through contaminated food.
  • The minister said in the special lab set up at the medical college, a total of 115 samples were tested within six days. The lab was set up on September 6, a day after the 12-year-old boy succumbed to Nipah on September 5, the minister said.

CONCLUSION

  • Meanwhile, Karnataka Health Commissioner Dr KV Trilok Chandra today informed that the state has issued a detailed advisory on precautions to be taken against the Nipah virus and said that the people who are coming from Kerala will be kept under surveillance.
  • “We have already issued a detailed advisory on precautions to be taken against the Nipah virus. Advanced surveillance measures are already in place at all border districts. People coming from Kerala will be under surveillance,” he said.

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