On Friday, the Hyderabad Health Department confirmed patients in the city tested negative for Nipah Virus. The two patients were admitted to the Fever Hospital and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on Friday.
The samples of the patients were sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune to test for the deadly virus. The Nipah Virus started spreading in Kerala last week spreading panic in the medical fraternity.
Senior doctors from Hyderabad traveled to Pune on Thursday night with the samples. The authorities completed the tests within hours and released the negative report. The tests were conducted to ensure the virus was not spreading to the City.
The Nipah Virus killed 12 people in Kerala and so far and many are being treated for the deadly virus.
The Nipah virus or NiV infection is a rare disease that shows symptoms like breathing trouble, inflammation of the brain, headache, fever, delirium, disorientation and drowsiness. This disease can cause the patient to fall into a coma within 48 hours of being infected.
The World Health Organization confirmed there is no vaccine for the virus yet. The United Nations Health body explained the main treatment for those infected is intensive supportive care.
The virus can infect animals just as bad as it affects humans with a 70% mortality rate. Nipah virus is spread by fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family and can be easily transmitted. The virus can also spread from eating the fruit that has been in contact with the infected fruit bat. It also spreads from person to person through direct contact.
