Kerala Health Minister Veena George revealed that a month after the Nipah scare in Kozhikode, ICMR tests on bats from Wayanad showed positive results. She stressed the importance of caution for health professionals in patient examinations. In September, Kozhikode suspected a Nipah outbreak with two deaths and six positive cases, leading to over 1000 tests.
A month after the Nipah scare abated in Kerala's Kozhikode district, State Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday informed that the ICMR tests conducted on bats from neighbouring Wayanad district have turned out positive Nipah Virus Scare in Kerala's Wayanad District as Bats Test Positive, Health Minister Veena George Asks Health Professionals To Be Alert.
Health Minister Veena George told the media that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed the presence of the deadly virus in the samples of fruit bats collected from the Mananthavady and Sulthan Bathery regions of Wayanad.
The monoclonal antibodies which are the only treatment against Nipah infection will be developed indigenously to combat the deadly virus, Kerala Health Minister