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Health Minister Veena George says the boy from Pandikkad suffered a massive cardiac arrest

High-level meeting convened after boy admitted to private hospital with symptoms of virus infection

We have received an email from the ICMR in this regard. They informed us that the antibody was present in the bat samples collected, said Veena George

The virus strain seen in Kerala was the Bangladesh variant, which generally has a high mortality rate, said Veena George

Educational institutions here commenced regular classes from Monday as no new positive cases were reported since September 16

Disaster Management Department in Kerala's Kozhikode has relaxed the restrictions in the district as no new cases of Nipah virus infection were reported in the state

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that at present, it is not possible to rule out the chance of a second wave of the Nipah outbreak

Disaster Management Department in Kerala's Kozhikode has relaxed the restrictions in the district as no new cases of Nipah virus infection were reported

State Health Minister Veena George said it was a big relief for the state that no new fresh positive cases of the virus have been detected. "The situation is under control presently," she said.

State Health Minister Veena George confirmed the negative results in a statement to reporters this morning.

Regarding the monoclonal antibody, the only viable therapeutic against the virus, the minister said in the morning that according to the Centre it was 50-60 per cent stable and it has asked the state government to explore the possibility of getting a new version of the antibody.

A total of six persons have so far tested positive for Nipah virus in the state and two of them have succumbed to the disease.

The health minister said that a total of 21 people are quarantined at the Government Medical College in Kozhikode.

All schools in Kozhikode district have been asked to go into online mode till Saturday.

One more case of Nipah infection has been confirmed in Kerala's Kozhikode district

After two people died from fever due to the Nipah virus in Kerala’s Kozhikode, the Kerala government on Wednesday declared seven village panchayats in Kozhikode, as containment zones

In the wake of the Nipah outbreak in this north Kerala district, a holiday has been declared for all educational institutions here on Thursday and Friday

Of seven blood samples so far sent for testing, three have tested positive -- two are undergoing treatment while one died on Monday.

Thiruvananthapuram: Three days after the first Nipah case surfaced at Kozhikode, Kerala, when a 12-year-old boy succumbed to the deadly virus, on Wednesday 20 more samples that were sent for testing at the NIV laboratory, Pune turned negative. State Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday told the media that one cannot completely claim things are […]

It’s time the Centre and Kerala government took up containment measures with mutual trust and coordination