Five more people test positive for Zika virus in KeralaOf the fresh cases, two were natives of Anayara here, where a cluster of the disease had been identified within a three kilometre radius, H...
15 Jul, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
One more tests positive for Zika virus; 19 cases now in KeralaOn Sunday, three people, including a toddler, were foundinfected with Zika, following which the government arranged 2,100 test kits for tes...
12 Jul, 2021, 05.21 PM IST
Bid flu outbreak: Central team reaches KeralaAccording to the state government, over 69,000 birds, including ducks and chicken, were culled in the districts of Alappuzha and Kottayam t...
07 Jan, 2021, 01.11 PM IST
Bird flu: Centre deploys multi-disciplinary teams to avian influenza-hit districts of Kerala, HaryanaTwo multi-disciplinary teams comprising experts from the National Centre for Disease Control, National Institute of Virology, PGIMER Chandi...
06 Jan, 2021, 08.00 PM IST
Coronavirus cases in India: What is happening? Here's everything you should knowThe coronavirus is a large family of viruses that causes illnesses ranging from the common cold to acute respiratory syndromes, but the cur...
01 Apr, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
Kerala gears up to tackle Covid-19According to State nodal officer for health, Dr Amar Fettle, there are four testing laboratories for the virus in the state. They are: Nati...
19 Mar, 2020, 12.11 AM IST
Kerala govt puts 45 Italy returnees under observationStepping up efforts to check the spread of coronavirus in Kerala, the state government has sent at least 45 people who returned here from C...
11 Mar, 2020, 12.41 PM IST
Coronavirus diagnostic tests sensitive; gene sequencing possible only at government labsConfirmation takes 12-24 hours as the test includes polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a more sensitive form called reverse-transcription ...
04 Mar, 2020, 07.22 AM IST
India's third coronavirus patient discharged from hospital in KeralaThe decision to discharge her from the hospital was taken by the Medical Board, which met and examined the results of the woman's samples t...
21 Feb, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
Kerala woman student's fresh test result comes out negative for coronavirusShe had tested positive for the virus on her return from Wuhan in China recently and been undergoing treatment in the isolation ward of a g...
11 Feb, 2020, 01.00 PM IST
Kerala lifts nCoV state calamity alert as no cases reported in last few daysConsidering all these circumstances, the government has decided to withdraw the 'state calamity' alert. But that does not mean that we are ...
07 Feb, 2020, 10.03 PM IST