Kerala Fever Spread

Authorities in Kerala are scrambling to contain a rare outbreak of Nipah, a virus spread from animals to humans that causes deadly fever with a high mortality rate.

Nipah virus was first discovered in 1999 following an outbreak in pigs and people. Initially, infected individuals experience fever, headaches, muscle pain, vomiting and sore throat.

Culling of pigs in two private farms in Kanichar panchayat of Kannur district to prevent spread of African swine fever, which was recently reported in Kannur, was completed today.

Barely a week after over 300 pigs were culled in Wayanad district of Kerala to prevent spread of African swine fever detected there, new cases of the disease have been reported from there as well as from Kannur district of the southern state.

Culling of pigs to prevent spread of African swine fever in Wayanad district of Kerala, where it was recently reported, commenced from Sunday after facing some opposition from a farmer who was affected by the government decision.

The Health Department along with local self-government has formulated an action plan for control and prevention of dengue fever as a few cases have been reported in Kerala besides Zika virus, said Health Minister Veena George on Thursday.

Flood-hit Kerala is now facing the aftermath of the natural disaster. It is currently hit with leptospirosis or rat fever, which is a bacterial infection which spreads through the urine of infected animals.

In the aftermath of the floods in Kerala, a waterborne disease known leptospirosis or 'rat fever' has killed 12 people since August. Leptospirosis is transmitted in water containing infected urine from rodents and other animals. Rat fever rarely spreads from person to person and can be treated with common antibiotics. Kerala sees leptospirosis case...

With various types of fevers affecting over two lakh people across Kerala and leaving more than 100 dead, an all-party meet today appealed to the public to join the government's massive cleaning programme to check further spread of the disease. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, appealed to the people to make the three-day san...

Kerala has reported the season's first death due to H1N1 virus ahead of the onset of southwest monsoon as various types of viral fever spread in the state, including a large number of dengue cases.

With Kerala assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan too down with fever, which seems to be assuming gigantic proportions in the state, the government has moved to ensure more than adequate supply of medicines and presence of medical professionals in state-run hospitals. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the state assembly on Thursday that all measures are b...

Kerala government today set up a Crisis Management Group to tackle serious health problems, including spread of fever, due to problems in removal and processing of garbage across the state.

Authorities in Kerala are scrambling to contain a rare outbreak of Nipah, a virus spread from animals to humans that causes deadly fever with a high mortality rate.

Nipah virus was first discovered in 1999 following an outbreak in pigs and people. Initially, infected individuals experience fever, headaches, muscle pain, vomiting and sore throat.

Culling of pigs in two private farms in Kanichar panchayat of Kannur district to prevent spread of African swine fever, which was recently reported in Kannur, was completed today.

Barely a week after over 300 pigs were culled in Wayanad district of Kerala to prevent spread of African swine fever detected there, new cases of the disease have been reported from there as well as from Kannur district of the southern state.

Culling of pigs to prevent spread of African swine fever in Wayanad district of Kerala, where it was recently reported, commenced from Sunday after facing some opposition from a farmer who was affected by the government decision.

The Health Department along with local self-government has formulated an action plan for control and prevention of dengue fever as a few cases have been reported in Kerala besides Zika virus, said Health Minister Veena George on Thursday.

Flood-hit Kerala is now facing the aftermath of the natural disaster. It is currently hit with leptospirosis or rat fever, which is a bacterial infection which spreads through the urine of infected animals.

In the aftermath of the floods in Kerala, a waterborne disease known leptospirosis or 'rat fever' has killed 12 people since August. Leptospirosis is transmitted in water containing infected urine from rodents and other animals. Rat fever rarely spreads from person to person and can be treated with common antibiotics. Kerala sees leptospirosis case...

With various types of fevers affecting over two lakh people across Kerala and leaving more than 100 dead, an all-party meet today appealed to the public to join the government's massive cleaning programme to check further spread of the disease. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, appealed to the people to make the three-day san...

Kerala has reported the season's first death due to H1N1 virus ahead of the onset of southwest monsoon as various types of viral fever spread in the state, including a large number of dengue cases.

With Kerala assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan too down with fever, which seems to be assuming gigantic proportions in the state, the government has moved to ensure more than adequate supply of medicines and presence of medical professionals in state-run hospitals. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the state assembly on Thursday that all measures are b...

Kerala government today set up a Crisis Management Group to tackle serious health problems, including spread of fever, due to problems in removal and processing of garbage across the state.