All you need to know about the Nipah Virus
Nipah Virus, often abbreviated as NiV, is a zoonotic virus that can cause severe illness in humans. It was first…
Nipah Virus, often abbreviated as NiV, is a zoonotic virus that can cause severe illness in humans. It was first…
Kerala's Health Minister, Veena George, has revealed that the current contact list of infected individuals includes 1,080 people, with 130 newly added today.
In Kerala this year, Nipah virus has struck, affecting a few individuals and sadly claiming some lives. This virus is…
The number of confirmed Nipah infections in Kerala’s Kozhikode district has increased to six. A 39-year-old man who had previously…
Kerala recently reported four cases of the Nipah virus, with two unfortunate fatalities. This serves as a stark reminder of…
In both hamster and monkey NiV models, vaccination with ChAdOx1 NiV resulted in induction of high antibody titers coupled with complete protection against lethal NiV disease,"
"The samples of all eight persons who had developed symptoms till now are sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune. We are waiting for the result,”
It is likely to cause serious public health as the state is already reeling under the pressure of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A future pandemic could be worse than the ongoing crisis because we are pushing nature to its limits by destroying and degrading amazingly diverse ecosystems, like tropical forests, rivers, lakes, mountains, coral reefs and many more and ultimately removing natural buffers and expanding the interface between wildlife and people where pandemics emerge.
Kerala has underlined the importance of two aspects about the role of leadership in tackling the crisis. One, the effectiveness of bottom-up involving people at the grassroots with preparedness, planning and implementation rather than top down, talk down oneperson centric approach. Second, the inspirational role played by a woman in a crucial area like healthcare has demonstrated that effective disease containment is possible not only in a democracy, but in a poor one. Similar successes have been reported in countries that have women heads of government/state Bangladesh, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Taiwan.
