Nipah airport screenings are for reassurance, not scientific step to stop spread, experts sayAsian countries have increased airport screenings for Nipah virus after cases in India. Experts state these measures offer reassurance rath...
30 Jan, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
Nipah virus outbreak: Health ministry shares latest update on deadly infection as Thailand, Nepal and Malaysia airports step up screening of passengersNipah virus: India's health ministry has clarified that there are two cases of confirmed Nipah virus in West Bengal amid reports that five ...
28 Jan, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
Another pandemic? Deadly new bat viruses found in China, Scientists warn of up to 75 percent fatality rateResearchers discovered 20 new viruses and two henipaviruses closely related to deadly Nipah and Hendra strains in Yunnan bats. The viruses,...
25 Jun, 2025, 07.30 AM IST
Kerala to conduct seroprevalence survey on Nipah virus outbreaks in KozhikodeThe state of Kerala in India will conduct a seroprevalence study on the Nipah virus, which has been repeatedly found in Kozhikode district....
20 Sep, 2023, 09.46 AM IST
Strengthen the buffer from future NipahsThe state's surveillance and response capacity notwithstanding, it is now critical to focus on why Kerala has emerged as a hotspot for zoon...
17 Sep, 2023, 11.30 PM IST
Nipah checklist: Avoid fruits with incisions, wash your hands thoroughlyAccording to a WHO report, while not as contagious as the Covid-19, the Nipah virus (named after a village in Malaysia where the first outb...
16 Sep, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
How dangerous is Nipah virus. What happens when you get it. Can you survive the deadly virus? Here is allKerala is dealing with the reemergence of the Nipah virus, with two deaths and three people under quarantine. This is the fourth occurrence...
15 Sep, 2023, 01.14 PM IST
Nipah: Situation not as scary as in 2018, says K K ShailajaFormer Health Minister and senior ruling CPI(M) MLA K K Shailaja has stated that Kerala does not need to worry about the Nipah outbreak in ...
14 Sep, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
Nefarious Nipah: From high fever to nausea, don’t ignore these 7 symptomsFive years after the first outbreak, the state of Kerala is battling another onslaught of the deadly virus.
14 Sep, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
Former Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja rejects Magsaysay award"We discussed this together as a party and decided not to accept this. The Kerala government's intervention in the health sector were discu...
04 Sep, 2022, 03.29 PM IST
Kerala conducts house-to-house survey in three-km-radius Nipah containment zoneThe survey was held in around 15,000 houses and involved around 68,000 persons. The surveillance team sought details of any unusual fever o...
10 Sep, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
Molbio Diagnostics gets DCGI nod for Nipah virus testingNipah virus testing can now be performed rapidly on Truenat, a real-time PCR platform, on demand, the Goa-based firm said. This will result...
08 Sep, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
Kerala battered by COVID now on alert for Nipah virusKerala is on high alert after a 12-year-old boy died of the rare virus on Sunday, spurring health officials to start contact-tracing and is...
07 Sep, 2021, 12.55 PM IST
Tamil Nadu steps up measures to screen people at border areas in wake of Nipah virus case in Kerala: Minister"Already we have been monitoring the nine districts that border Kerala. We have been conducting door-to-door awareness campaigns in the dis...
05 Sep, 2021, 05.32 PM IST
Kerala health system on heightened alert with advent of Nipah amid COVID pandemicthe central government has rushed a team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to provide support to the state, where a 12 ye...
05 Sep, 2021, 04.08 PM IST
Kerala's new Health Minister Veena George pays homage to sister Lini; begins new stintThe minister also said she called up Lini's husband Sajeesh over phone on her third death anniversary on Friday and hailed the family's don...
21 May, 2021, 02.32 PM IST
- Government framing guidelines for handling coronavirus victims’ bodies
The guidelines will spell out do’s and dont’s for the mortuary staff which may have to wear personal protection equipment (PPE) while handl...
17 Mar, 2020, 08.22 AM IST