Giving details about the Nipah Virus cases in the state, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said six cases of the Nipah virus have been so far found of which two persons died while four others, including a nine-year-old boy are under treatment.
ICMR is also planning to start work on developing a vaccine against the viral disease..Monoclonal antibody. ICMR. Nipah treatment. Australia. Nipah vaccine
Is Nipah virus there in other states apart from Kerala? A study by Pune s National Institute of Virology has found Nipah virus antibodies in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya and Puducherry
The disease is not as transmissible as COVID-19 or influenza and is unlikely to cause a huge number of infections in a short time. ‘The previous history of infections and the nature of the virus indicate that it cannot spread as fast as influenza, COVID-19 or the very infectious measles,' says Dr E Sreekumar, director of the Institute of Advanced Virology-Thiruvananthapuram.