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Cuttack: The Medical College and the SCB Hospital isolated eight residents of Balasore District, who were suffering from an "unknown respiratory illness".
The eight migrant workers from Nimatpur within the boundaries of the Bhograi Police, aged 18 to 24, the workers recently returned from Goa and developed a cold and fever, which caused them to suspect 39, be infected with the dengue virus. Nipah virus
They were admitted to the hospital early Tuesday morning and were undergoing treatment of pulmonary medicine specialists.
"Patients' blood samples are subjected to different types of tests, but they have not yet been tested, confirmed what respiratory illness they have suffered and if they are infected with a deadly virus." said Dr. Sriprasad Mohanty, the nodal assistant of the parish. quarantined. They were kept in isolation as a precautionary measure, "he said, adding that" the measures to be taken are decided on the basis of reports of various tests on their blood samples. "
Mohanty stated that There was no need to panic because there were no confirmed cases of Nipah virus.
Hospital sources said no action had been taken to check whether the eight patients were infected with the Nipah virus, as this involved a complex procedure
.The blood samples should be sent to the National Institute of Virology of Pune or Manipal.
More so , they must be sent in special couriers who will only carry blood samples
No decision has yet been taken as to their sending for the Nipah virus test, sources said.
The virus had kills several people in Ker ala Suspected cases of Nipah virus infection were reported in Goa, but later, samples of pa The hosts were tested negative.
It is believed that the natural host of the virus consists of fruit bats of the pteropod family, Pteropus genus. Until now, there is no vaccine against the virus, which was identified in 1998 in Kampung Sungai Nipah, Malaysia.
A man was stolen
Unidentified men stole a man of Rs 2. 20 lakh wielding weapons near a bus stand within the limits Kutra Police Department of Sundargarh District Thursday
Sources said that Tapan Purohit, who remains near Kutra's bus stand, has left his home to work. Two miscreants came by motorcycle, intercepted and seized the bag containing the money, brandishing a knife and a pistol.
Police opened an investigation. The cops raided various locations to hit the culprits as the final reports arrived.
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