Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that 175 people have been added to a contact list following a recent Nipah virus fatality.
According to news agency ANI, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that 175 residents of the Malappuram district have been added to the contact list about the Nipah virus outbreak.
Seventy-four of the 175 people who were involved in the latest Nipah case are medical professionals. There are 126 individuals on the principal contact list, 104 of whom are deemed high-risk. 49 more fall within the secondary contact category.
Manjeri Medical College Hospital is presently providing medical care to ten individuals on the list. The ministry of health added that 13 people were undergoing testing, and the results were being anticipated.
A 24-year-old guy who with the Nipah virus passed away on September 9. On July 21, 2024, the state—which has experienced multiple outbreaks of the Nipah virus since 2018—recorded the first viral death.
A PTI report stated that bats in the districts of Kozhikode, Wayanad, Idukki, Malappuram, and Ernakulam possessed antibodies against the Nipah virus. Fruit bats are the virus’s natural hosts and can transfer it to people, which opens the door to person-to-person transmission.
The Nipah virus, which the World Health Organisation lists as a priority pathogen due to its propensity to spread epidemics, has been the cause of two deaths this year. There is no specific treatment or vaccine available to treat it.
State health minister Veena George has also designated five wards in the Malappuram district as containment zones in an effort to stop the virus’s possible spread. Every store in these areas will close by 7 p.m., and places where people gather—like movie theatres, tuition centres, schools, colleges, Madrassas, and anganwadis—shall stay closed.
Directives have also been given to the public telling them not to wear masks in public or congregate in big groups. Restrictions on the number of attendees at weddings, funerals, and other celebrations have also been declared in the Malappuram district.
Kerala – Man suspected MPOX admitted in hospital
The patient arrived in Kerala a few days ago, according to a local health official, and was initially admitted to a private hospital after becoming ill.
After a 38-year-old man who had just returned from Dubai shown symptoms of the illness, there was a possible case of monkeypox infection reported from the Malappuram region of Kerala.
The individual, who recently arrived in Kerala from Dubai, presented himself in the outpatient section of the Manjeri government hospital with possible Mpox symptoms, according to Kerala Health Minister Veena George, who was speaking to media representatives.
The man had sequestered himself at home and stayed in a different room with restrooms after concluding that the symptoms might be caused by the mpox. He’s done his homework. Samples have been sent for testing, and he is presently being admitted to the hospital. We will take additional action as soon as the results are received, the minister declared Tuesday while meeting with Union Health Minister JP Nadda in Delhi, the nation’s capital.
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