Nipah Virus

Kochi to get COVID results within hours as medical college sets up PCR lab

April 16, 2020

Kochi to get COVID results within hours as medical college sets up PCR lab

With the facility, results of the tests to diagnose coronavirus infection could be available within two and a half hours.

April 15, 2020
ICMR study finds presence of 'bat coronavirus' in Kerala, Tamil Nadu

According to the study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, there is no evidence or research to claim that these bat coronaviruses can cause disease in humans.
March 31, 2020
A peak into the world of virus: How they invade cells and multiply

Brief research by Onmanorama streamlines an array of curious and basic facts about how a virus infects a cell.
February 15, 2020
I remembered Lini, says nurse who attended Kerala's coronavirus case

Nurse Mridula, who attended to a patient admitted with Novel Coronavirus at the Alappuzha Medical College Hospital, shares her feelings and apprehensions.
February 12, 2020
Fear bats now? Bat dish was once offered and consumed in Kerala

The bats for the religious rite were captured from a cave in the Pandi forest where the Goddess is believed to have stayed for a day while travelling from the north to Chamundi Addur Mahalingeswara Temple located at Pandivayal.
February 07, 2020
Coronavirus: Kerala cautious but no panic attack

The health minister said that there was no need to panic and that the government would overcome the challenges like it did with the Nipah virus two years ago.
December 09, 2019
Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus

The two-day Nipah conference, the first to focus on this deadly virus, is being co-hosted by CEPI and the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore.

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