Published By: Sheen Kachroo
Last Updated: September 18, 2023, 12:50 IST
The World Health Organisation and ICMR research have discovered that your entire state, not simply Kozhikode, is vulnerable to such infections.
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Minister additional mentioned that since all of the contaminated individuals obtained the virus from the identical particular person — the index case — who died on August 30, it was clear that there was no second wave
No new Nipah constructive circumstances had been reported within the state since September 16 with 61 extra samples of individuals who had been within the excessive danger contact checklist turning up destructive for the virus, Kerala authorities mentioned on Monday.
State Health Minister Veena George instructed reporters that outcomes of the genomic sequencing, to verify there was no second wave of the virus outbreak, can be accessible by night or tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Central groups had been within the area and surveying all of the related places, the minister mentioned.
“One of the groups would possibly return at present,” she added.
The last Nipah positive case reported in the state was on September 15.
The minister on Sunday had said that the situation was under control presently.
George had also said the four infected persons, including a nine-year-old boy, were getting better and the child has been taken off ventilator for the time being.
She had also said that samples from 36 bats have been taken and sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune to ascertain the presence of the virus among the mammals.
George further said that since all the infected persons got the virus from the same person — the index case — who died on August 30, it was clear that there was no second wave and that it was welcome news.
“It can also be proved through genomic sequencing which is being carried out,” she had mentioned.
Till Sunday night, 1,233 contacts had been traced and of them 352 had been within the high-risk class, she had mentioned.
The minister had additional mentioned that as no new constructive Nipah circumstances had been being reported, the containment and quarantine measures would stay in place for 42 days from the final constructive case reported.
The incubation interval of the virus is 21 days and subsequently, “a double incubation interval of 42 days from the final constructive case” is considered as the period during which caution has to be exercised, George had explained.
The total number of cases of Nipah infection confirmed in the state are six, of which two persons have died and four people are being treated.
The World Health Organisation and ICMR studies have found that the entire state, not just Kozhikode, is prone to such infections.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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