Nipah Virus

Dr Anoop Kumar AS, critical care specialist in Kozhikode, was part of the teams that were able to diagnose Nipah virus with their quick thinking and swift action.

“The first lesson Kerala’s state apparatus learnt during the Nipah episode was to never underestimate the extent of a potential epidemic”, says Dr Rajeev Sadanandan, retired IAS officer and the brain behind Kerala’s successful arrest of the Nipah virus. #CoronavirusPandemic

The first-of-its-kind facility will have triple safety layers for patients, nurses as well as doctors as well as an isolated quarantine facility away from other patients.

In Australia, it has only been tried in-vitro (outside a living body, in artificial conditions, usually a test tube) and has been found to be effective.

He played a significant role in diagnosing the second patient affected by the Nipah virus, which created awareness about it, and helped drive action before an epidemic could silently break out.

The Nipah virus outbreak in northern parts of Kerala has claimed up to 10 lives in the past 48 hours.