Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

YOU WONT BELIEVE: 4 - You Need To See This

Masks are back as Nipah virus hits Kerala: Government issues travel advisory

It is reported that Kerala’s Kozhikode district is seeing an increase in Nipah virus cases currently. The number of infected patients has increased to five, after a health worker tested positive. Nipah is a highly infectious brain-damaging infection. Though the source of the virus remains unknown, Kozhikode is under a…

The Times of India

Unified approach: On the Nipah outbreak in Kerala and a One Health approach

As governments mount strategic efforts to control outbreaks and deaths due to infectious diseases, Kerala needs to initiate a One Health approach, looking ahead

The Hindu

Nipah: Containment zones declared in nine panchayats in Kozhikode

Health Dept. forms psycho-social support team to help Nipah victims & their families; 300+ contact control room for info; educational institutions in Kozhikode closed on Sept. 14 & 15 due to Nipah virus spread. Psycho-social support team & control room available on helpline & toll-free numbers.

The Hindu

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Service of volunteer groups to those in home isolation: Veena

CM Vijayan directs volunteer groups to help high-risk contacts in home isolation in Nipah outbreak areas. Groups will provide medical help, medicines, food, and more. 706 contacts, incl. 153 health-care workers, on list; 77 high-risk asked to remain in home isolation. 75 additional rooms at MCH for contacts if needed.…

The Hindu

Nipah outbreak | Number of cases rises to 5 in Kerala; 789 contacts kept under watch

Kerala Health Department releases a ‘route map’ of the two Nipah virus victims detailing their travel history; ICMR to provide monoclonal antibodies for treatment of infected persons

The Hindu

Nipah: Studies on the ecological dynamics of NiV and disease epidemiology crucial

In 2019, when Nipah surfaced in the State for a second consecutive year, experts had warned that given the omnipresence of the Pteropus medius species of bats, found to be the key reservoirs of Nipah virus (NiV) across the State, Kerala should probably expect annual outbreaks of Nipah, and not…

The Hindu

Nipah virus outbreak in India: What you need to know about viral disease

India’s southern Kerala state issues alerts after two people died from the disease in the fourth outbreak since 2018.

Al Jazeera

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Nipah: connection between environment and epidemic in focus

Kozhikode district's Nipah outbreaks linked to similar localities; thick foliage, rivers, areca palms, proximity to forest, Janakikkadu eco-tourism sector, bats, deforestation, climate change, human habitations, fruit, areca nut, river banks, tree inhabited by bats. Questions raised: what is disturbing bats? Human intrusion into environment to blame? Need study to understand…

The Hindu

Nipah cases in Kerala: Medical teams deployed on Theni border routes

Medical teams deployed on three routes from Theni district to Kerala to screen people entering from neighbouring state. Teams of two Health Inspectors each at special medical camps to check all vehicles, take names, addresses, phone numbers of travellers. Provide first-aid and fever tablets; screening to continue till further orders.

The Hindu

Nipah outbreak | Online classes for students in Kozhikode’s containment zones

Minister directs KITE to arrange online classes for students in containment zones. G-Suite platform rolled out by KITE to facilitate online classes. G-Suite available on public domain kiteschool.in. No sensitive data needed. Teachers, students can log in using 'PEN' number, school code & admission number. Platform features live classes, doubts…

The Hindu

Nipah cases detected belong to Bangladesh strain: Minister

Following the confirmation of Nipah infection as the cause of deaths of two persons in Kozhikode district, the State government has stepped up contact tracing and isolation procedures to prevent further spread of the virus, Health Minister Veena George told the Assembly.

The Hindu

Nipah virus | Dakshina Kannada, other districts in Karnataka bordering Kerala directed to strengthen fever surveillance

Only those with fever, who have travel history to Kozhikode, and have come in direct contact with a person who tested positive for Nipah, should be considered as potentially vulnerable to the infection, the government stated.

The Hindu

Kozhikode, Wayanad districts on high alert following confirmation of Nipah

Kozhikode is on high alert following confirmation of Nipah virus in two deaths. Mask-wearing is mandatory and local bodies are monitoring the situation. 2018 saw the first Nipah outbreak in south India, which was successfully managed by the Central and State governments.

The Hindu

Nipah: 16 teams set up for surveillance, containment in Kozhikode

The Hindu

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Suspected Nipah deaths: fever surveys under way in two places in Kozhikode

Surveillance steps are being taken up at Maruthonkara and Thiruvallur blocks in Kozhikode district of Kerala after two persons from there died of suspected Nipah virus infection

The Hindu

Nipah alert in Kozhikode

Kerala Health Dept. issues alert after 2 unnatural deaths due to fever in Kozhikode. Minister convenes high-level meeting. 3 Nipah outbreaks reported in state, 2 in Kozhikode, 1 in Ernakulam. 17 deaths in 2018, 1 in 2019, 1 in 2021.

WEKU

Trying to crack the Nipah code: How does this deadly virus spill from bats to humans?

Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.

ABC News

Nipah virus left 100 people and a million pigs dead 20 years ago, and it's on Australia's doorstep

The virus has been found as close as Timor Leste, and a similar one is circulating in Papua New Guinea.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

As bat breeding season begins, Kerala on alert against Nipah

Health department asks district administrations to strengthen surveillance and preventive measures

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.