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Sri Lankan Health Authorities on alert about Nipah Virus Nipah outbreak in Kerala, India Source : dailynews Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health has placed orders to import testing kits to detect Nipah infections after the southern Indian state of Kerala reported an outbreak of the bat-borne virus. Following the outbreak in Kerala, the Indian government has moved to institute mass testing to arrest the spread of the Nipah virus. The southern Indian state has thus far reported two deaths from the virus infections with more than 700 people testing positive. Nipah is a rare but potentially serious virus that can cause fever, vomiting and respiratory infections in humans. Symptoms appear from 4 – 14 days after exposure. Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are the natural hosts of Nipah virus. Most often, severe cases involve seizures and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and can progress to a coma within 24-48 hours, ...

Sri Lanka seeks assistance from Kerala in India Source:dailymirror.lk The Governor focused on possible education, technical and scientific collaborations between Kerala and Sri Lankan Universities Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Chennai Dr. D. Venkateshwaran has sought assistance from the state government of Kerala to get over the current crisis situation, a statement from his office said. In the meeting with the Chief Minister, held at Kerala Legislative Assembly building, the Deputy High Commissioner stressed the historical cultural bond and bio-geographic similarity between Sri Lanka and Kerala, while highlighting the assistance given by India to Sri Lanka in hard times. Further, the Deputy High Commissioner requested the Chief Minister to ‘Support Sri Lanka’ in this critical juncture which the Chief Minister acknowledged and agreed to seek the possibility to assist Sri Lanka. The meeting with the Governor was held at Raj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. As the Governor is, by ...