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How the Deadly Nipah Virus Jumps From Bats to Humans Found: Study
07 Nov 2020
The virus may spill over to humans via date-palm saps or fruits contaminated by infected bats, not just in places that have seen human outbreaks, but in any region where they exist.
Srabani Chakraborty
‘Not Hollow Glorification, Nurses Need Care, too’
05 Jun 2020
It took a pandemic to acknowledge the presence of nurses as professional health care-givers. They are the most vulnerable among frontline staff, yet there salaries have not risen the way these have…
Vijay Prashad, Subin Dennis
An Often Overlooked Region of India Is a Beacon to the World for Taking on the Coronavirus
25 Mar 2020
The government of Kerala—run by a coalition of Communist and Left parties—has tested the highest number of samples for the coronavirus in India so far
Shilpa Shaji, Sandipan Talukdar
No Room for Fake News and Rumours: Kerala Beats Nipah Virus Again
06 Jun 2019
The state Health Minister KK Shailaja has strictly warned people who propagate fake news and unscientific information. After confirming infection of the Nipah virus in a 23-year-old student in…
PTI
Kerala Govt Confirms Nipah Virus, 86 Under Observation
04 Jun 2019
A 23-year-old college student here has been confirmed to be infected with the Nipah virus while 86 others are under medical observation, Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja said on Tuesday.
PTI, Newsclick Report
Suspected Nipah Case in Ernakulam: Kerala Health Minister Urges People to Be Alert
03 Jun 2019
The Kerala government says a final confirmation is yet to be made by the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
Newsclick Report
How Kerala Controlled Nipah Outbreak With Quick Action and Mass Awareness
20 May 2019
The Kerala government on February 9 of this year inaugurated the country’s first Institute of Advanced Virology, affiliated to the Global Virus Network, which had been announced soon after the Nipah…
Jisha CJ
Nipah Lessons: ‘It is High Time ‘One Health’ Concept is Applied in Public Health Surveillance’
29 Apr 2019
A Sukumaran, epidemiologist with Kerala’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, says the state handled the outbreak efficiently, but emerging new diseases that are zoonotic in origin will throw…
Newsclick Report
Kerala Government Honoured by American Virology Institute for Nipah Virus Containment
07 Jul 2018
The state was able to ascertain Nipah infection in the second patient itself, and all individuals suspected to have contacted the first patient were brought into observation.
Bibin Sam Thomas
Deconstructing a successful containment procedure : Kerala’s Nipah Virus Challenge
04 Jun 2018
An efficient public health system and a quick response by medical personnel helped prevent a disaster.