As precautionary measure, nurses and 4 doctors of hospital where two patients died, has been asked to go on leave.
02 Jun 2018 9:50 AM
Staffers of a taluk hospital at Balussery have been asked to go on leave as a precautionary measure.
01 Jun 2018 9:22 PM
The Delhi government has asked also people to 'stop consumption of raw date palm sap'.
01 Jun 2018 11:44 AM
Meanwhile, the death toll due to Nipah virus in Kerala rose to 16 on Thursday.
01 Jun 2018 5:03 AM
This is the first time anyone suffering from the symptoms of the disease died in the state.
31 May 2018 6:21 AM
Seenu Prasad was from Kerala and was posted at Fort William. He died on Sunday and was cremated the next day.
30 May 2018 4:16 PM
Blood samples of the patient were sent for testing to the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
29 May 2018 9:53 AM
Perambra is the epicentre of the virus outbreak, which has claimed 12 lives in the state so far.
28 May 2018 12:54 AM
It’s a relatively new epidemic caused by Nipah virus commonly hosted by fruit-eating bats.
28 May 2018 12:17 AM
The deadly virus has claimed 11 lives so far and reportedly affected some more people.
25 May 2018 9:37 PM
The head of the microbiology department, Prof. T.N. Dhole, said that it will be the first collaborative study to be taken up on Nipah in the country.
25 May 2018 2:21 AM
Minister says virus ‘localised’, asks people not to panic.
25 May 2018 2:21 AM
To dismiss it as a local phenomenon, as officials with an eye on Kerala tourism termed it, is dangerous.
25 May 2018 2:19 AM
61-yr-old V Moosa, died on Thursday in the same Kozhikode hospital in which his two sons and a sister-in-law died last week.
24 May 2018 6:31 PM
Health minister says, equipments will take some time to reach.
24 May 2018 4:34 AM
The government has also called for an all-party meeting at Kozhikode on May 25 to disucss the issue.
24 May 2018 2:10 AM
Lini Puthussery, a nurse at the Perambara hospital, died on Monday after getting exposed to deadly Nipah virus while treating patients.
23 May 2018 4:53 PM
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said the government was happy to welcome doctors like Khan to work in the state.
23 May 2018 10:52 AM
Nipah Virus: Officials have tied initial deaths to 'many bats' in a well in Kerala from which the victims drew water, the government said.
23 May 2018 9:42 AM
The rare virus is spread by fruit bats.
23 May 2018 9:38 AM