A 39-year-old man in Kozhikode, Kerala, has tested positive for the Nipah virus after coming into contact with an infected person who died ...

Teams from the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, will set up a mobile lab at Kozhikode Medical College in Kerala to test for Nipa...

From just one test conducted in the lab at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, in January 2020 to nearly 0.8 billion Covid-19 t...

“A radical improvement in government facilities for the poor rather than only glitzy hospitals for the well-heeled along with the recent mo...

Underscoring the significant importance of health and well being for the growth and development of the country, the budget allocation for t...

China has effectively snuffed out Covid-19, thanks to stringent border curbs, mass testing and a surveillance network that allows infected ...

The first case of coronavirus infection in the country was recorded on January 30 in Kerala and the first death on March 10 in Karnataka. B...

The lockdown gave the country and the medical fraternity enough time to prepare and scale infrastructure. The lockdown gave hospitals the t...

The mobile lab, which can be positioned anywhere in the country, will also be helpful to carry out the diagnosis of COVID-19, virus culturi...

The mobile lab is built as per the bio-safety standards of the World Health Organisation and the Indian Council of Medical Research, said a...