Mobility paves Samsung’s silver path
The Korean giant’s early bet on mobile phones helped it hit the $10-bn mark in India, but in its 25th year it ...
Health officials in full protective gear inside an isolation ward of Ernakulam Medical College in Kochi on Thursday - AFP
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called for more research studies to find out reasons for the return of the Nipah virus to the State.
As per information available, fruit bats and pigs are believed to be the carriers of the virus.
But it has to be established at which stage these creatures are spreading it, he told newspersons here at the end of a review meeting on Thursday. The Chief Minister also emphasised the need for joint efforts by the ministries of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture to study the role of fruit bats and pigs as carriers.
He also asked the Centre to extend necessary support for the research work.
Meanwhile, fresh samples sent to the National Virology Institute, Pune, have tested negative for Nipah, bringing relief to the State government.
Blood and body fluid samples were sent to the laboratory in Pune.
Primary tests conducted at the Virology Lab in Alappuzha had also proved negative, according to State Health Minister KK Shailaja, who was also present. Currently, seven persons with symptoms of fever are under observation in the isolation ward and authorities are awaiting the results for one more person from Pune.
They were collected from the persons who had kept close contact with a Nipah virus-affected student, currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital here.
They include two nurses, a nursing assistant, friends of the patient and a relative admitted into the isolation ward of Medical College Kalamassery.
The Health Minister reiterated that there was no need for panic as the situation was under control.
However, she added that high alert declared across the State would continue.
The condition of the college student who confirmed positive for Nipah virus has improved further with the fever subsiding. Medicines imported from Australia have not been used on the patient as his condition is stable now.
Authorities are keeping a close watch on a group of 314 persons who have been in contact with the student at various times.
The Health Minister said that all those quarantined for being in direct or indirect contact with the confirmed case will continue in the isolation ward till the incubation period is over.
According to WHO, the incubation period (interval from infection to the onset of symptoms) is in the range of 4-14 days.
The Korean giant’s early bet on mobile phones helped it hit the $10-bn mark in India, but in its 25th year it ...
Antrix should adopt a different tactic than merely fighting over jurisdiction: Experts
Invest in relationships, enterprise, behaviour, effort and learning
From different types of osmoses to new membranes, researchers have come up with ways of drawing water
What filters should you apply when mining for under-the-radar small-cap stocks? Read on to find more
High valuation, intensely competitive landscape and small cap nature of the stock are key risks.
Amid choppiness, the benchmark indices slipped marginally; approach the week with caution
SBI Cards (₹1,032.7): Witnesses fresh breakoutBetween September and December last year, the stock of SBI Cards ...
Marie leaned back in the chair, holding the brandy to her chest, the rain tapping on the windowpanes. She ...
The rain in Wales falls mainly in the plains...Wait, that is Spain. Let’s start again.Women in deep red ...
The coffee beans were soaked in rum casks:Food can be imported, books sent across seas — as touching rituals ...
That weekend came the news that Champa’s elder daughter was engaged, the proof arriving in the form of Jaimini ...
Social media influencers are flipping the rules by first getting followers and then launching products and ...
WPP agency Wunderman Thompson has launched its annual Future 100 report, lifting the lid on trends shaping the ...
Paneer, once alien to the South, has found a lucrative market in Chennai
The Flipkart kids playing adults are back — this time to push the home grown e-commerce marketplace’s grocery ...
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...
Please Email the Editor