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nipah outbreak in kerala news

Nipah virus case detected in Kerala, 77 contacts identified; surveillance upped

A security guard installs a warning board outside Nipah isolation ward at Government Medical College Hospital, in Kozhikode district.
Updated on Jun 11, 2026 09:44 pm IST

Nipah virus: Microbiologist shares detection challenges and symptoms

Nipah virus outbreak: Watch out for these 3 risk factors
Published on Jan 31, 2026 05:59 pm IST

Second Nipah death in Kerala's Palakkad triggers alert in 6 districts

Contact tracing was immediately started to find those who were in contact with the deceased. Forty-six people are on the contact list.
Published on Jul 14, 2025 10:00 am IST

Kerala: After death in Malappuram, Nipah patient critical in Palakkad

A three-kilometre radius around the patient's house has been declared a containment zone,
Published on Jul 07, 2025 05:43 pm IST

Two suspected Nipah virus cases flagged in Kerala, three districts on alert

Kerala health minister Veena George confirmed that preventive measures have been strengthened in line with the Nipah protocol.
Updated on Jul 04, 2025 02:31 pm IST

Nipah virus outbreak: 175 people in contact list, says Kerala health minister

A patient being shifted to an ICU of Nipah isolation ward in Kozhikode Medical College in Kozhikode district
Published on Sept 16, 2024 10:17 pm IST

Nipah virus outbreak: Watch out for these 3 risk factors

Nipah virus outbreak: Watch out for these 3 risk factors
Published on Sept 18, 2023 08:38 am IST

Nipah in Kerala: Educational institutions in Kozhikode to go online from Sept 18

Health workers and security personnel control entry at an emergency ward at the medical college amid an outbreak of Nipah virus in Kerala in Kozhikode. (PTI)
Published on Sept 16, 2023 08:56 pm IST

‘Nipah virus mortality rate very high than Covid-19’: ICMR director general

Health workers shift people who have been in contact with a person infected with the Nipah virus to an isolation center at a government hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala. (AFP Photo)
Updated on Sept 15, 2023 09:36 pm IST

Karnataka health dept issues guidelines over Nipah outbreak in Kerala. Details

Nipah is a bat-borne, zoonotic virus with a high mortality rate.
Published on Sept 15, 2023 11:34 am IST

Nipah outbreak in Kerala: Educational institutions in Kozhikode shut for 2 days

Health workers at Nipah virus isolation centre in Kozhikode Medical College
Published on Sept 14, 2023 02:04 pm IST

Nipah alert sounded in Kerala after two ‘unnatural’ deaths: All you need to know

Deaths due to Nipah virus infection were reported in Kozhikode district in 2018 and 2021.
Updated on Sept 12, 2023 10:05 am IST

We have contained Nipah outbreak effectively, says Kerala health minister

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja (left) has been camping in the Nipah virus-affected Kozhikode district.
Updated on May 22, 2018 02:24 pm IST