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After Nipah virus outbreaks in India in 2001 and 2007 (both in the eastern state of West Bengal), an outbreak occurred in Kerala in 2018. [1] The 2018 Kerala outbreak was traced to fruit bats in the area, was generally confined to Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, [2] [3] and claimed 17 lives. [4]
A 24-year-old student has died from the Nipah virus in the southern Indian state of Kerala, a local medical official said on Monday, and 151 people who came into contact with the victim are under ...
2023: September: Kozhikode district, Kerala, India: As of 14 September 2023, five cases, including two deaths, were confirmed in Kozhikode district in Kerala. The government has prepared a contact list of over 700 people linked to the two deaths, of whom two family members and a healthcare worker tested positive for the virus.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India has recorded two deaths from the rare Nipah virus in the state of Kerala, an official from the National Institute of Virology said on Tuesday. Two more people from the ...
In September 2021, Nipah virus resurfaced in Kerala, India claiming the life of a 12-year-old boy. [50] An outbreak of Nipah virus occurred during January and February 2023 in Bangladesh with a total of 11 cases (ten confirmed, one probable) resulting in 8 deaths, a case fatality rate of 73%. [51]
India's southern state of Kerala shut some schools, offices and public transport on Wednesday in a race to stop the spread of the rare and deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people.
20 July - A case of Nipah virus was reported in Malappuram. [53] The confirmed case of Nipah virus infection, a 14 year old teenager boy died due to heart attack on 21 July 2024. In the years 2018, 2021 and 2023, Nipah outbreak was reported in Kozhikode district and in 2019 in Ernakulam district. [54]
(Reuters) - No fresh cases of the deadly Nipah virus have been detected since Sept. 15 in India's southern state of Kerala, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.