“No more cases will occur,” says Health Minister on Nipah

What is the latest report on the Nipah virus? Is it still spreading, cautioning the people?

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Wednesday said that the Nipah scare was under control and there were fewer chances of any new cases.

“No new case of Nipah has been registered in the last two to three days, so we can say that the spread of the virus is under control now. But we have to wait until July 30 as the last case occurred on May 31 and we have to take 42 days as incubation period, but this is just a safety method. I think no more cases will occur,” she told the media in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

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The minister praised her department and even the opposition for the ‘joint effort’ in helping to curb the scare.

She said, “It is a combined work of everybody irrespective of whether someone belonged to the opposition or the ruling party. Each and everyone united to control the spread of the virus. I am proud of my department, doctors, nurses, Asha workers and my health secretary, they worked like a machine.”