NEW DELHI, Jul 21 (NNN-PTI) – A suspected case of Nipah virus was reported in India’s southern state of Kerala, the state’s Health Minister, Veena George, told media, yesterday.
According to the minister, the polymerase chain reaction test had been carried out on the patient, a 15-year-old boy, and his blood samples had been sent to a virology lab in Pune city of the south-western state of Maharashtra.
The test’s result was awaited and medical protocol was in place, to deal with the situation, added the minister.
“We have held a meeting with the additional chief secretary of the health department, director of National Health Mission and district collectors of Malappuram and Kozhikode,” the minister told media.– NNN-PTI
