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☆ Nipah virus outbreak in India renews calls to protect bat roosts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Sreekanth Sivadasan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +15 min

Because spillover risk is concentrated in lower income countries in the tropical south, the cost of preventing another pandemic falls squarely on nations that can least afford it. To that end, federal and state officials say they are talking about ways to protect bat habitats in areas where spillover risk is high. Investigators still don’t know precisely how the virus jumped from bats to people in each of the four Kerala outbreaks dating back to 2018. BAT MAGNETS: Bananas and areca nuts grow on land that was home to the first patient who died in a recent Nipah outbreak in Kerala, India. The state would need to act to protect trees and bat roosts, they said.

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☆ One Killed, Several Injured in Explosions in India's Southern State
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Jose Devasia and Maria PonnezhathKOCHI, India (Reuters) -At least one person was killed and several were injured in a series of explosions at a convention centre in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sunday where a Christian group was holding a prayer meeting. The incident took place during a Jehovah's Witnesses convention at the centre in Kalamassery, about 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) northeast of Kochi. P. Rajeev, Kerala's industry minister, told reporters that he cause of the explosion could not be immediately determined. Local newspaper Mathrubhumi said at least three explosions occurred inside the convention hall, with more than 23 people injured. Seconds later, two more explosions rocked simultaneously on either sides of the hall," TA Sreekumar, regional spokesperson for the Jehovah's Witnesses told mathrubhumi.com.

Persons: Jose Devasia, Maria Ponnezhath, Pinarayi Vijayan, Rajeev, Jehovah's, Mathrubhumi, Veena George, mathrubhumi.com, Swati Bhat, Gerry Doyle Organizations: TA Locations: Maria Ponnezhath KOCHI, India, Kerala, Kalamassery, Kochi, United States

KOCHI, India, Oct 29 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and several were injured in a series of explosions at a convention centre in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sunday where a Christian group was holding a prayer meeting. The incident took place during a Jehovah's Witnesses convention at the centre in Kalamassery, about 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) northeast of Kochi. P. Rajeev, Kerala's industry minister, told reporters that he cause of the explosion could not be immediately determined. Local newspaper Mathrubhumi said at least three explosions occurred inside the convention hall, with more than 23 people injured. Seconds later, two more explosions rocked simultaneously on either sides of the hall," TA Sreekumar, regional spokesperson for the Jehovah's Witnesses told mathrubhumi.com.

Persons: Pinarayi Vijayan, Rajeev, Jehovah's, Mathrubhumi, Veena George, mathrubhumi.com, Swati Bhat, Gerry Doyle Organizations: TA, Thomson Locations: KOCHI, India, Kerala, Kalamassery, Kochi, United States

People stand outside a convention centre where multiple blasts occurred during a religious gathering in Kochi, India, October 29, 2023. Preliminary investigation showed that an improvised explosive device was used, Kerala Director General of Police Shaik Darvesh Saheb told reporters earlier. Police were appointing a special investigations team, Saheb told reporters, adding that strict action would be taken against those involved. "The explosions occurred seconds after the end of a prayer as part of the day's event. Seconds later, two more explosions rocked simultaneously on either sides of the hall," TA Sreekumar, regional spokesperson for the Jehovah's Witnesses told mathrubhumi.com.

Persons: Umesh, Veena George, Police Shaik Darvesh Saheb, Saheb, Pinarayi Vijayan, mathrubhumi.com, Swati Bhat, Gerry Doyle, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Asianet News, Reuters, Police, Local, National Security Guard, TA, Thomson Locations: Kochi, India, Rights KOCHI, Kerala, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kalamassery, United States

☆ India's Nipah virus trackers gather samples from bats, fruit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rupam Jain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Members of a medical team from Kozhikode Medical College carry areca nut and guava fruit samples to conduct tests for Nipah virus in Maruthonkara village in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing RightsNew Delhi, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Experts have fanned out in India's southern state of Kerala to collect samples of fluid from bats and fruit trees in a region where the deadly Nipah virus has killed two people and three more have tested positive. Samples of bat urine, animal droppings and half-eaten fruit were collected from Maruthonkara, the village where the first victim lived, set beside a 300-acre (121-hectare) forest home to several bat species. Fruit bats from the area had tested positive for the Nipah virus during an outbreak in 2018, the state's first. Kerala's first Nipah outbreak killed 21 of the 23 infected, while subsequent outbreaks in 2019 and 2021 killed two people.

Persons: Stringer, Veena George, George, Kerala's, Rupam Jain, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Kozhikode Medical College, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, Delhi, Maruthonkara, state's, Kozhikode, Karnataka, Tamil, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia

☆ Nipah virus: India's Kerala rushes to contain a deadly outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Two people have died from the virus, he said in a statement Wednesday, the state’s fourth outbreak since 2018. Residents fix a sign reading, "Nipah containment zone," in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India, on September 13. Multiple outbreaks in KeralaKerala experienced a deadly outbreak of the Nipah virus in 2018, killing 17 people and causing widespread panic in the state. Nipah virus was first identified during a 1998-1999 outbreak in Malaysia, where nearly 300 people were infected and more than 100 died, according to the CDC. Human-to-human transmission of the Nipah virus has also been reported.

Persons: Pinarayi Vijayan, “, ” Vijayan, Stringer, Veena George, ” Organizations: CNN, World Health Organization, WHO, US Centers for Disease Control, Reuters, CDC Locations: India, state’s Kozhikode, Kozhikode, Kerala, Kerala Kerala, Malaysia, Kampung Sungai Nipah, Bangladesh

☆ India's Kerala shuts some schools, banks to curb deadly Nipah virus
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Rupam Jain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Staff members install a sign reading "Nipah isolation ward, entry strictly prohibited" at a hospital where a ward is being prepared for suspected Nipah virus patients in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - India's southern state of Kerala shut some schools, offices and public transport, authorities said on Wednesday, as they scrambled to rein in the spread of the rare and deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus that has killed two people. The victim's daughter and brother-in-law, both infected, are in an isolation ward, with other family members and neighbours being tested. The Nipah virus was first identified in 1999 during an outbreak of illness among pig farmers and others in close contact with the animals in Malaysia and Singapore. In Kerala's first Nipah outbreak, 21 of the 23 infected died, while outbreaks in 2019 and 2021 claimed two more lives.

Persons: Stringer, Veena George, Rupam Jain, Michael Perry, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, state's, National Virology Institute, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, DELHI, Kozhikode, district's, Marutonkara, Malaysia, Singapore

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