Overview
- National Institute of Virology, Pune, reconfirmed Nipah infection in the two Barasat nurses, with one in a coma and the other on ventilator support.
- A doctor and a nurse who were exposed have been admitted to Beliaghata ID Hospital in Kolkata, and their samples are being tested.
- Two more nurses with Nipah-like symptoms were admitted to Beliaghata ID Hospital, their samples were collected, and one Barasat hospital RMO tested negative at AIIMS Kalyani’s VRDL.
- Tracing is underway across North 24 Parganas, Purba Bardhaman and Nadia, and more than 120 identified contacts have been told to isolate while several samples are processed.
- The Centre has deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team and activated NCDC’s PHEOC, as West Bengal issues helplines, readies isolation capacity and urges hygiene precautions.