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Time of India
a day ago
- Health
- Time of India
Govt mulling sending Central team to Kerala over fresh Nipah cases
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry is considering deploying the National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) to Kerala to assist the government in implementing public health measures, following the detection of two Nipah virus cases , sources said on Saturday. The Central Surveillance Unit of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), NCDC, is in close contact with the state unit and is actively monitoring the situation, they added. The State Control Room has been activated for coordinating the various containment activities. The public health response is guided by the Kerala State NiVD guidelines for surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. "Although prima facie, the two cases are epidemiologically unlinked, the timelines of symptom onset and the possibility of a common social event connecting the two are being investigated," a source said. So far, over 300 contacts have been identified across three districts: Pallakad, Mallapuram and Kozhikode. A fresh case of Nipah virus was confirmed on Friday, in which a 38-year-old woman from Thachanattukara in Palakkad tested positive, an official release said. The infected patient is being treated at a private hospital in Malappuram district, official sources stated. Additionally, the case of an 18-year-old girl who died in Chettiyarangadi, Malappuram district, suspected of being related to Nipah, was confirmed on Friday by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune. State Health Minister Veena George informed that 345 people are on the Nipah contact list, with 211 in Malappuram, 91 in Palakkad, and 43 in Kozhikode. PTI
Mint
a day ago
- Health
- Mint
Nipah Virus: Malappuram girl dies, Centre mulls sending team to Kerala to implement public health measures
After recent death of an 18-year-old girl in Malappuram district of Kerala was confirmed as Nipah infection, the Union Health Ministry is considering sending a National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) to assist the state government in implementing public health measures, reported news agency PTI citing sources. The patient, hailing from Chettiyarangadi in Malappuram, succumbed after receiving treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode district. The preliminary tests indicated Nipah and the infection was subsequently confirmed by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune after sample examination, the PTI report said. On Friday, local authorities in Palakkad district issued a strong warning to the public and health workers to remain extremely vigilant after a 38-year-old woman from Thachanattukara was also tested positive for Nipah. Health authorities in Malappuram initiated surveillance in 20 wards in panchayats such as Makkaraparamba, Kuruva, Kootilangadi, and Mankada, an official statement said on Saturday. The objective was to identify the source of the disease and strengthen household-based awareness, it added. A total of 65 teams visited 1,655 houses and found no one with symptoms of Nipah during the survey, the statement also said. The Central Surveillance Unit of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), NCDC, is in close contact with the state unit and is actively monitoring the situation. The State Control Room has been activated for coordinating the various containment activities. The public health response is guided by the Kerala State NiVD guidelines for surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. Meanwhile, Kerala Health Minister Veena George held a high-level meeting in Thiruvananthapuram to review the situation. She informed that 425 people are on the Nipah contact list, with 228 in Malappuram, 110 in Palakkad, and 87 in Kozhikode. Of them, five people are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), and the test result of another person in the contact list turned negative for the infection, the minister's office said in a statement.
