Hyderabad: Two samples sent on Friday from Cure Hospital and NIMS in Hyderabad have tested negative for the Nipah virus that is spread by bats.
Initial tests by hospitals had shown that the two patients had not caught the ‘bat virus’ but the samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, to be certain.
One of the samples was from a techie, 24, who had gone to Kerala on May 18 and returned on May 20. He contracted high fever and was admitted to Continental Hospital in Gachibowli.
District medical and health officer Dr Padmaja K said, “We shifted the patient to Cure Hospital and collected his throat and blood samples and sent them to Pune. We created a quarantine zone for the patient and ensured that all medical personnel treating him wore protective gear. The patient is stable now and his tests have come up negative.”
A 30-year-old man was admitted at Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences after he fell unconscious due to high fever. Director of medical education Dr K. Ramesh Reddy said the patient had no travel history to Kerala and was a resident of Mahbubnagar.
