Kerala Health Minister Veena George said the results of the samples collected form bats from the area where the boy lived have shown the presence of antibodies of Nipah.
The DC said his samples are sent for test to National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune and the result is awaited. The person’s family members have been kept in isolation.
As Kerala is once again reeling under Nipah scare, claiming the life of a 12-year-old boy recently, Muthalib recounted the tragedy that had befallen his family in 2018, saying the disease was equal to death, fear and social exclusion for them.
Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly pathogenic and re-emerging virus that causes sporadic but severe infections in humans.
All 24 samples of eight persons sent to National Institute of Virology, Pune were found negative for Nipah virus, informed Kerala Health Minister Veena George on September 07.
There are currently 48 people in the high risk category who are at a medical college isolation ward and their health condition is "stable".
The Centre on Monday wrote to Kerala in wake of Nipah outbreak, recommending certain measures to combat the virus infection.
Nipah Virus also surfaced in the state of Tamil Nadu as first case of the infection was identified in the state.
The Chathamangalam Panchayat and adjacent areas are completely cordoned off after the boy was found infected with Nipah virus.
Amid a daily increase of nearly 30,000 cases of Covid-19, the deadly Nipah virus has hit Kerala, prompting the state to further heighten the alertness of its health machinery to prevent an outbreak of a different infection.
12-year-old boy died due to Nipah virus on September 05 and 188 primary contacts have been identified, said Kerala Health Minister Veena Gorge.
The 2 are among the 20 high-risk contacts of the deceased 12-yr-old child, she said.
Although the state government has not yet officially announced the presence of Nipah virus, sources said the health minister might rush to Kozhikode Sunday morning to take stock of the situation.
State Health Minister KK Shailaja informed that a soldier, who had returned after serving in Sudan, has been detected with 'plasmodium oval, a new genus of malaria'.
The deadly Nipah virus kills nearly 75 per cent of the people it infects, but the circumstances under which the bat species, known as the Indian flying fox, transmits the virus to humans has remained a mystery.
Coronavirus was first reported to the World Health Organisation from the Wuhan city of China on December 31. Since then, the virus has brought the entire world in a lockdown situation and India is no different.
A year after two north Kerala districts were hit by the deadly Nipah that claimed 17 lives, the virus had re-surfaced in the southern state in June this year with a 23-year-old student here being infected.
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