Mangaluru: Putting an finish to rumours, Manipal Centre for Virus Research (MCVR), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, has showed it has no longer examined any poultry samples for the Nipah virus (NiV).
The clarification comes within the wake of a extensively circulated message which claims differently. “It has been showed via MCVR and doctors, that the Nipah virus is being spread via rooster,” reads the pretend message, this is extensively circulated.
Asking folks not to pay heed to the above text, Dr G Arunkumar, professor and head, MCVR, stated in a communication, “It is to deliver to the awareness of the general public that MCVR has no longer examined any rooster samples for the Nipah virus, and has no longer reported one of these findings as being claimed within the message.”
He stated the centre has filed a police criticism on the crime cell branch in Udupi on this regard. He also cautioned that any longer forwards of this kind of nature will likely be chargeable for felony action.
District health officer Dr Ramakrishna Rao on Saturday reiterated that the Dakshina Kannada district is free from the Nipah threat. “Neither showed nor suspected circumstances of the Nipah virus are documented within the district,” he stated.
The clarification comes within the wake of a extensively circulated message which claims differently. “It has been showed via MCVR and doctors, that the Nipah virus is being spread via rooster,” reads the pretend message, this is extensively circulated.
Asking folks not to pay heed to the above text, Dr G Arunkumar, professor and head, MCVR, stated in a communication, “It is to deliver to the awareness of the general public that MCVR has no longer examined any rooster samples for the Nipah virus, and has no longer reported one of these findings as being claimed within the message.”
He stated the centre has filed a police criticism on the crime cell branch in Udupi on this regard. He also cautioned that any longer forwards of this kind of nature will likely be chargeable for felony action.
District health officer Dr Ramakrishna Rao on Saturday reiterated that the Dakshina Kannada district is free from the Nipah threat. “Neither showed nor suspected circumstances of the Nipah virus are documented within the district,” he stated.
Poultry not tested for Nipah, clarifies MCVR
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