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Home / Health News / Kerala Health Minister: Nipah virus scare spread over

Kerala Health Minister: Nipah virus scare spread over

More than 2,000 patients with fever was kept under close observation.

By: Agencies   | | Published: June 11, 2018 12:39 pm
Tags: Anti-virus molecule  Kerala  Nipah virus  Virus  Virus protein  
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The deadly Nipah virus that struck this Kerala district last month and claimed 16 lives in the state has been finally contained and the last of the two positive cases have fully recovered, said Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja on Sunday. Also Read - COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free in Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan

The virus struck at Kozhikode which saw 13 people dying, while three deaths were reported from nearby Malappuram district, and more than 2,000 patients with fever was kept under close observation. Also Read - Chapare virus: Scientists confirm rare deadly virus in Bolivia can spread from person to person



After presiding over a review meeting, she told media persons that the virus scare is finally over. Also Read - Zika virus: Delayed treatment can cause these complications

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“We visited the two Nipah positive patients who have been completely cured and according to many, this is something rare. The scare of this getting spread is finally over, as no more patients have tested positive, but a caution has to be there who are under observation, as they have to take complete rest,” said Shailaja.

The district authorities, following the scare, had asked to wait for schools to reopen in the new academic year and now schools all set to open from Tuesday onwards while the ban of public functions also has been lifted.

Read: Nipah virus: Rajasthan government issues advisory asking people not to travel to affected parts of Kerala

The Kozhikode Medical College hospital, where a special Nipah ward was opened, is now seeing patients returning home, said an official.

Source: IANS

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Published : June 11, 2018 12:39 pm
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