BENGALURU: Adding to the Nipah scare in Karnataka, 3 such suspected instances were reported in Bengaluru.
While one suspected case used to be reported on Monday and two extra case have been reported on Tuesday.
All the three sufferers had travelled to Kerala regularly and had developed fever.
The pattern of frame fluids of the entire 3 sufferers were despatched to Manipal Centre for Virus Research (MCVR), in Manipal near Udupi and the consequences are awaited.
It is claimed that the entire 3 sufferers are nurses who paintings at different non-public hospitals within the town. Most of the nursing body of workers in such hospitals are from Kerala they usually do travel to their home towns, docs mentioned.
“They traveled to their home towns in Kerala and have developed fever, vomiting on their return. They are not hospitalised at the moment and they have isolated themselves and are on shut tracking. The signs are nothing however that of flu, however as a precautionary measure, their frame fluids were despatched for assessments. There are chances of the assessments coming detrimental for Nipah virus an infection,” mentioned Dr BG Prakash Kumar, deputy director, National Vector Borne Disease Control Program, state health and circle of relatives welfare department.
While one suspected case used to be reported on Monday and two extra case have been reported on Tuesday.
All the three sufferers had travelled to Kerala regularly and had developed fever.
The pattern of frame fluids of the entire 3 sufferers were despatched to Manipal Centre for Virus Research (MCVR), in Manipal near Udupi and the consequences are awaited.
It is claimed that the entire 3 sufferers are nurses who paintings at different non-public hospitals within the town. Most of the nursing body of workers in such hospitals are from Kerala they usually do travel to their home towns, docs mentioned.
“They traveled to their home towns in Kerala and have developed fever, vomiting on their return. They are not hospitalised at the moment and they have isolated themselves and are on shut tracking. The signs are nothing however that of flu, however as a precautionary measure, their frame fluids were despatched for assessments. There are chances of the assessments coming detrimental for Nipah virus an infection,” mentioned Dr BG Prakash Kumar, deputy director, National Vector Borne Disease Control Program, state health and circle of relatives welfare department.
Three Nipah cases suspected from Bengaluru
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