Kozhikode and Malappuram declared temporarily without nipah | News from Kozhikode

KOZHIKODE: Health Minister K K Shailaja said Sunday that the districts of Kozhikode and Malappuram are free from Nipah virus infection. A statement was made at a ceremony organized by the New Nalanda State Department of Health to congratulate the health staff and other people who rendered selfless service in the fight against the Nipah epidemic.

The minister stated that both districts were declared temporarily free from Nipah because no positive Nipah cases were reported after May 31 and after closely watching until the end of the double incubation period which ended on June 30th. m102.4 human monoclonal antibody against Nipah virus brought from Australia has not been used and the drug will be given to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Kozhikode district collector U V Jose; Amit Meena, collector of Malappuram District; Director of the Manipal Viral Research Institute, Dr. G. Arun Kumar, Head of Department of Critical Care Medicine at Baby Memorial Hospital, Dr. A S Anoop Kumar; health officer of the company, Dr. R S Gopakumar; Infectious Disease Specialist at Chennai Apollo Specialty Hospital Dr. Abdul Gafoor, Director of the Kozhikode Government Medical College, Dr. V R Rajendran and many others were honored on this occasion.

The Minister also presented certificates to various institutes, including the Manipal Institute of Virus Research; Kozhikode District Medical Bureau, Malappuram District Medical Office; Kozhikode College University Hospital; Department of General Medicine of MCH; Emergency Medicine of MCH; Department of Respiratory Medicine of MCH; Department of Community Medicine, MCH; Department of Community Medicine Government Manjeri Medical College; home surgeons badociation; police; Kerala medical services company ltd; Ministry of Revenue; Kozhikode society; BMH; MIMS; Arogya Keralam; the Kozhikode district media; Department of Animal Husbandry; forest department; health and family welfare center; ANGELS; Compbadionate kozhikode; The primary health centers of Chekkiyad, Naripette, Avala, Pannikkottour, Olavanna, Koorachubndu, Kodiyathur, Karasery, Murkhanadu, Tenjipalam, the administrative staff of MCH and the agencies and ministries that won the gold medal have played a role in the fight against the spread of the contagious disease.