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1 week, 1 day ago

Huge fire at Ghanaian clothing market destroys hundreds of stalls

CNN

CNN — A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest secondhand clothing markets – has since been fully extinguished with no reported injuries or fatalities, Ghana’s National Fire Service said on Facebook on Friday, adding that an …

Market Ghana Gna

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Pandemic preparedness: Learning from COVID-19 and Nipah to build a resilient future

The Hindu

As we observe International Epidemic Preparedness Day on December 27, India stands at a crucial juncture in its journey towards building robust health security systems. The State’s response demonstrates how local healthcare systems can effectively contain potential pandemic threats through rapid detection, systematic contact tracing, and coordinated public health measures. For India to mitigate future pandemics effectively, it must expand …

India Healthcare Research Kerala Pandemic Disease Future

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite repeated Nipah outbreaks, Kerala yet to look into bat biology

New Indian Express

“Till the source is traced the Nipah virus infections will recur,” head of the Wildlife Biology Department at KFRI Balakrishnan Peroth told TNIE. “KFRI has all the expertise, human resources and infrastructure to carry out a scientific study on the biology of bats. Though KFRI has researchers and students who deal with bats, the state government has yet to approach …

Kerala Bat Kfri Bats Nipah Virus

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nipah victim from Malappuram may have contracted virus from fruits grown at home: Veena George

New Indian Express

MALAPPURAM: The 24-year-old Nipah victim from Thiruvali panchayat may have been infected by consuming fruits from his residential premises, said Health Minister Veena George on Thursday. A bat surveillance team from the National Institute of Virology will collect bat samples soon,” Veena George said. With this, six people are currently undergoing treatment at Manjeri Medical College, and 21 people at …

Contact Malappuram Veena George Nipah

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mpox virus: Surveillance stepped up in Coimbatore

The Hindu

The Health Department has stepped up surveillance against Mpox virus in Coimbatore. Deputy Director of Health Services P. Aruna said a medical team has been screening international passengers at the Coimbatore International Airport for the past one month. On September 9, Joint Director Communicable Diseases Senthil Kumar from the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai, inspected the screening …

Mpox Coimbatore Screening Nipah Virus Kerala Health Surveillance Stepped

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tests negative of 10 contacts of Nipah victim

Hindustan Times

In further relief for the Kerala health department, samples of 10 close contacts of the Nipah virus victim who died on September 9 came back negative following tests, officials said. So far, 26 people who had close contact with the 24-year-old victim have tested negative for the zoonotic virus carried mainly by fruit bats. Those who tested negative on Wednesday …

Contact Nipah Tested Negative Close Contact

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nipah outbreaks still a puzzle; crucial man-animal link missing

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the state grapples with its sixth Nipah virus outbreak, and the second one this year, there is still a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding effective prevention methods. While the health department’s efforts to contain Nipah were seen as a success, the World Health Organisation pointed out that there was a missed opportunity to collect timely and accurate data …

Niv Nipah

3 months, 3 weeks ago

16 people in Nipah victim’s contact list test negative in Kerala

New Indian Express

MALAPPURAM: As the health department intensifies its efforts to combat Nipah by placing Malappuram district under surveillance, the samples taken from three persons on the contact list of the Nipah victim in Thiruvali tested negative for the infection on Tuesday. With the latest test results announced on the day, 16 people from the contact list of the victim have tested …

Test Contact List Malappuram Nipah Victim

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Suspected Mpox Infection Reported from Malappuram in Kerala, Samples Sent for Testing

News 18

A suspected case of monkeypox infection has been reported from Malappuram district of Kerala after a man who recently returned from abroad showed symptoms of the disease. A new case of monkeypox was reported last week from the national capital after a 26-year-old resident of Haryana’s Hisar tested positive for the virus and was admitted to Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital. …

Kerala Case Mpox Infection Reported Malappuram Kozhikode

3 months, 3 weeks ago

After Nipah, suspected Mpox case surfaces in Kerala’s Malappuram

The Hindu

A young man who returned from Dubai last week has been admitted to Government Medical College Hospital, Manjeri, in Malappuram district of Kerala with symptoms of Mpox. The suspected Mpox case has raised concerns even as the health authorities are fighting the Nipah scare in Malappuram district. A 24-year-old man studying in Bengaluru had died of Nipah at MES Medical …

Man Mpox Malappuram

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala government publishes ‘route map’ of Nipah victim, 104 contacts are ‘high-risk’

Hindustan Times

The Kerala government mandated face masks in Malappuram district, declared five wards in two panchayats as containment zones, and compiled a contact list of 175 people following a recent Nipah virus fatality on Monday. Partial restrictions have been implemented across Malappuram district, with authorities advising reduced attendance at private functions The state health department on Sunday confirmed that samples from …

Health Kerala Victim Nipah Nipah Virus Containment Zones Malappuram District

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Man who died of Nipah came home for leg injury treatment

Hindustan Times

The 24-year-old man, who recently died due to Nipah virus in Kerala, was a psychology student at a Bengaluru college and had come home to Wandoor in Malappuram district on August 23 for treatment of an injured leg, health and local panchayat officials said. The health department said on Sunday that the 24-year-old man had travelled to a few areas …

Bengaluru Treatment Man Hospital Leg Nipah Nipah Virus

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Nipah Outbreak: Malappuram Declares Containment Zones; Shops, Schools, Cinema Halls To Be Closed

ABP News

Malappuram: The Kerala government has imposed restrictions at containment zones in Malappuram where a 24-year-old recently died due to Nipah infection. Five wards in two panchayats of Malappuram district were declared as containment zones and directions have been issued not to gather in large numbers. Cinema halls, schools, colleges, Madrassas, anganwadis and tution centres will remain shut in the containment …

Malappuram District Nipah Nipah Infection Containment Zones

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nipah virus outbreak: 175 people in contact list, says Kerala health minister

Hindustan Times

Kerala health minister Veena George stated that 175 people in Malappuram district have been included in the contact list related to the Nipah virus outbreak, reported news agency ANI. The state, which has dealt with several Nipah virus outbreaks since 2018, recorded its first death due to the virus on July 21, 2024. This has been the second death this …

Health Kerala Malappuram Virus Kozhikode Nipah Nipah Virus

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nipah virus confirmed kills 24-year-old man in Kerala

The Hindu

Health authorities in Kerala confirmed the Nipah virus as the reason for the death of a 24-year-old man from Wandoor in Malappuram district. Nipah virus was suspected in the medical officer’s death investigation after the victim had displayed signs of encephalitis. District Medical Officer R. Renuka sent the serum samples to the virology laboratory at Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode. …

Kerala Man Virus Nipah Nipah Virus Renuka

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Nipah suspected in two in Kannur

New Indian Express

KANNUR: A father-son duo from Mattannur has been admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital in Pariyaram with suspected symptoms of Nipah. It was two days ago that Malappuram district was declared Nipah-free, after a double incubation period of 42 days. However, Health Minister Veena George said that vigilance should continue to prevent a further outbreak. Meanwhile, an official with …

Nipah

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala contains Nipah outbreak: 472 people cleared, restrictions lifted

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Health Department on Wednesday announced that the Nipah outbreak in Malappuram district has been successfully contained. In a statement, it said that the restrictions imposed in the area where the outbreak was reported have been completely lifted after the completion of the 42-day double incubation period. The presence of the Nipah virus was detected in bat samples …

Nipah Nipah Virus Kerala Health

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Financial help elusive for Malayali nurse who had Nipah infection relapse

The Hindu

Financial help from the Kerala government remains elusive for Titto Thomas, a Malayali nurse from Mangaluru in Karnataka, who has been lying in a coma at a private hospital in Kozhikode for over eight months after being diagnosed with a relapse of Nipah encephalitis. A public health expert, who did not wish to be named, pointed out that since Nipah …

Kerala Infection Thomas Kozhikode Nipah Titto

5 months ago

Fruit bats suspected source of Nipah in 14-year-old from Kerala

New Indian Express

MALAPPURAM: The test results from the National Institute of Virology and the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases point out that fruit bats could likely be the source of Nipah infection in the 14-year-old boy who died of the disease in Pandikkad, Malappuram. Following the confirmation of Nipah infection in Pandikkad, a team of experts from the State Institute …

Animals Disease Fruit Niv Malappuram Samples Bats

5 months, 1 week ago

Nipah, Chandipura are just tip of the iceberg

Hindustan Times

It appears that viruses just can’t stay out of our news, or noses, this season. A team of scientists led by Colin Carlson, a global change biologist at Georgetown University, recently profiled climate crisis-propelled flight paths of potential virus spillovers across species as we journey into the future. Moreover, the climate crisis is leading to animal and human migration on …

Health Animal Climate Crisis Species Pti Virus

5 months, 1 week ago

Male nurse from Dakshina Kannada who had treated a Nipah patient in coma at Kozhikode hospital for last eight months

The Hindu

Titto Thomas, a 24-year-old male nurse hailing from Kadaba in Dakshina Kannada and who had treated a Nipah positive paitent, has been in a coma at a private hospital in Kozhikode in Kerala for the last eight months. Mr. Joy told The Hindu on Tuesday that his brother was among the healthcare personnel of IQRAA International Hospital and Research Centre …

Kerala Thomas His Brother Joy Nipah Coma Hospital Mr

5 months, 1 week ago

Epidemics such as Nipah virus outbreaks, Covid-19 originated from non-human source: Nadda to RS

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that epidemics such as Nipah virus outbreaks and Covid-19 originated from a non-human source and crossed over to humans at the animal-human interface, highlighting the importance of a One Health approach that integrates human, animal and environmental health for tackling emerging diseases. "These epidemics originated from …

Health Research National Department Nadda Covid Diseases

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala breaks free from centralised testing, sequencing

The Hindu

When highly pathogenic virus outbreaks such as Nipah take place, contact tracing and isolation of close contacts become critical to contain the virus spread. In a marked departure from earlier four Nipah virus outbreaks in Kerala, on July 20, samples for Nipah testing were sent to NIV Pune and also to the State government’s Institute of Advanced Virology in Thiruvananthapuram. …

Kerala Gujarat Outbreaks Testing Outbreak Pune State

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nipah survivors in Kerala endure a silent struggle

New Indian Express

KOZHIKODE: The world celebrated a remarkable victory when people in Kozhikode, Ernakulam, and Malappuram districts survived the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in the past few years. “A mysterious illness causing fevers and headaches and leading to the rapid development of acute encephalitis has definitely come with several side effects, but they vary from person to person who survived this deadly …

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Huge fire at Ghanaian clothing market destroys hundreds of stalls

Pandemic preparedness: Learning from COVID-19 and Nipah to build a resilient future

Despite repeated Nipah outbreaks, Kerala yet to look into bat biology

Nipah victim from Malappuram may have contracted virus from fruits grown at home: Veena George

Mpox virus: Surveillance stepped up in Coimbatore

Tests negative of 10 contacts of Nipah victim

Nipah outbreaks still a puzzle; crucial man-animal link missing

16 people in Nipah victim’s contact list test negative in Kerala

Suspected Mpox Infection Reported from Malappuram in Kerala, Samples Sent for Testing

After Nipah, suspected Mpox case surfaces in Kerala’s Malappuram

Kerala government publishes ‘route map’ of Nipah victim, 104 contacts are ‘high-risk’

Man who died of Nipah came home for leg injury treatment

Kerala Nipah Outbreak: Malappuram Declares Containment Zones; Shops, Schools, Cinema Halls To Be Closed

Nipah virus outbreak: 175 people in contact list, says Kerala health minister

Nipah virus confirmed kills 24-year-old man in Kerala

Nipah suspected in two in Kannur

Kerala contains Nipah outbreak: 472 people cleared, restrictions lifted

Financial help elusive for Malayali nurse who had Nipah infection relapse

Fruit bats suspected source of Nipah in 14-year-old from Kerala

Nipah, Chandipura are just tip of the iceberg

Male nurse from Dakshina Kannada who had treated a Nipah patient in coma at Kozhikode hospital for last eight months

Epidemics such as Nipah virus outbreaks, Covid-19 originated from non-human source: Nadda to RS

Kerala breaks free from centralised testing, sequencing

Nipah survivors in Kerala endure a silent struggle