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Ebola scare in Bengaluru: Uganda visitor tests negativeIndia has confirmed no Ebola Virus Disease cases. A visitor from Uganda, showing mild symptoms, was tested as a precaution in Bengaluru. Th...28 May, 2026, 12.37 AM IST- NIV confirms sample negative for EbolaA sample tested for Ebola Virus Disease in India has returned negative, according to the National Institute of Virology. The individual, wh...27 May, 2026, 11.06 AM IST
- Ebola watch: Health Ministry directs states, UTs to bolster surveillanceIndia is enhancing its readiness for Ebola. The Union Health Ministry has directed states to boost surveillance and hospital preparedness. ...22 May, 2026, 07.52 PM IST
- India monitors Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda; preparedness measures strengthenedIndia is closely watching the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The nation is enhancing its surveillance...18 May, 2026, 07.48 PM IST
- Unlike Covid-19, hantavirus not known for rapid human transmission, spreads through rodents: ExpertsHantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship with Indian nationals have sparked concerns, but experts declare these infections are confined to ...08 May, 2026, 07.32 PM IST
- India faces no immediate public health threat from hantavirus: NIV chiefTwo Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...08 May, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
- National Institute of Virology develops portable 'point-of-care' test kit for detecting Nipah virusIndia can now swiftly detect the Nipah virus with a newly developed portable test kit by the National Institute of Virology (NIV). This poi...24 Jun, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
- Bharat Biotech credited ICMR, NIV as Covaxin co-inventors after missing them initially: GovernmentResponding to Trinamool Congress member Sougata Roy, who had asked whether the government took any punitive action against the company for ...02 Aug, 2024, 02.10 PM IST
- Results on vaccine efficacy against new variant likely next weekIndia's Covid-19 advisory group is hopeful that by next week NIV would be able to culture the virus and may know how the existing vaccines ...18 Dec, 2021, 07.07 AM IST
- Covid-19: Ventilators or oxygen beds? Doctors differ on efficacyIn a video conference call with district health officers and deans of medical colleges in the state on Tuesday, health minister K Sudhakar ...13 May, 2021, 07.35 PM IST
- 'How the deadly Nipah virus jumps from bats to humans found'According to the research, published recently in the journal PNAS, the Nipah virus (NiV) could circulate among fruit bats, not just in plac...07 Nov, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
- ICMR teams up with Bharat Biotech to develop COVID-19 vaccineThe vaccine will be developed using the virus strain isolated at the ICMR's National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, a statement said. T...09 May, 2020, 10.43 PM IST
- NIV scientists working 'round-the-clock' to ensure smooth coronavirus testing across countryThe govt has 52 labs functional for testing while 57 labs have been designated for helping in collection.08 Mar, 2020, 09.20 PM IST
- Several Gir lions samples test positive for CDV indicating active disease transmission: ICMR-NIVSince September 12, as many as 23 lions have died in the sanctuary, at least 11 of them due to the CDV and Protozoa infections, according t...09 Oct, 2018, 10.55 PM IST
- India’s first Nipah virus victim town Siliguri under panic after Kerala outbreakReported outbreak in Kerala has started ringing alarm bell in Siliguri, the town that witnessed fatal presence of that deadly virus in whic...24 May, 2018, 11.47 PM IST
- ET View: Create awareness on Nipah virusThe NiV was first identified during an outbreak in Kampung Sungai Nipah in Malaysia in 1998. Pigs were the intermediate hosts.21 May, 2018, 08.34 PM IST
- Sun Pharma, NIV join hands to fight zika, chikungunya, dengueUnder the agreement, Sun Pharma will provide drug molecules to NIV for testing against zika, chikungunya and dengue in model systems, the c...27 Jun, 2017, 01.50 PM IST
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