Kozhikode – A suspected case of the Nipah virus has come to light. A 12-year-old boy who presented with features of encephalitis was reported on 3 September 2021 from Kozhikode district of Kerala. The virus is spread by the saliva of fruit bats. The boy was hospitalized and has passed away today morning.
A case of the Nipah virus has been detected now. Unfortunately, a 12-year boy who showed these symptoms has passed away today morning. Amid the Coronavirus threat now, what we are also getting is that a suspected case of Nipah virus has been detected, in which a 12-year-old boy who presented these symptoms of encephalitis which was reported on 3rd September from Kozhikode district of Kerala has died today.
This boy who hails from the district of Kozhikode Kerala passed away this morning, unfortunately. The central government has bashed a team of NCDC to the state that is the National commission disease control, which will be reaching today. We’ve informed you that the team will provide technical support to the state.
Now, what we are learning from our sources is that immediate public health measures have been advised by the central government. We informed that the family members of the deceased boy now will be kept in isolation to ensure that they are not developing any symptoms of the Nipah virus.
We were informed that this is the first case of the Nipah virus, not just in the state of Kerala, but in the country. And obviously, this has raised concern amongst the health authorities, given the fact that Kerala is already impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, that we all know that how almost 60 to 70% of the total cases of new flesh cases are coming from the state of Kerala.
So obviously, it’s a matter of big concern, not just for Kerala, but also for the central government, given the fact that the health infrastructure is all is already under huge pressure because of the COVID pandemic, and therefore this is only going to add to the host of the people.
This particular Nipah virus is spread by the saliva of Fruit Bats. The health officials and we’re going to examine that how the boy came into contact with the saliva of Fruit Bats. Whether it was you know, lying on some surfaces or whether he got into touch with certain objects that had the presence of saliva on the surface area.
However, it’s very initial stages this point of time, the team which has been rushed to the state of Kerala of NCDC, they’re going to examine all these angles, and they’re going to establish them how we contractor this particular virus. But as I was telling you earlier, also now, all the contacts of the boy have been asked to go into isolation.
For all those people who came into contact with the boy last 12 days, the government has made it very clear that they will be kept in mandatory isolation to ensure that the virus is contained.
We informed that the sample of the particular virus is not going to be sent to the National Capital Delhi where it will be examined and would be shared with other authorities also, to see that, what is the genome sequencing and how it’s going to spread and what is the rate of transmission.
All these are things are under-examined at this point. But one thing is for sure that this case has been taken among the health officials seriously. Because the state of Kerala is already tackling the COVID pandemic and the health facilities are already compromised because of the pandemic.
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