Six suspected patients test negative for deadly Nipah virus

Npnews24 online: Six patient admitted to Government Medical College in Kerala’s Ernakulam have tested negative for deadly Nipah Virus. College student diagnosed with Nipah infection is now stable and a total of 314 people who are in touch with have been kept under observation.

Union Health Ministry has deployed a six-member team comprising an epidemiologist to conduct contact tracing for early detection of suspects and review of isolation facilities. Also the sample of blood and serum of all six suspected patients have tested negative for Nipah virus. In a review meeting, the Centre also discussed SOPs for quarantine of symptomatic.

A designated control room has been established at the district collector’s office and an isolation ward established at the Government Medical College Ernakulam, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Isolation facilities have also been ensured at medical colleges at Calicut, Thrissur and Kottayam, it said.