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Apart from Kerala, the presence of Nipah viral antibodies in bats was also found in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam Meghalaya and Pondicherry. Guidelines have also been issued on safety measures so that the virus could be prevented from spreading. NEW DELHI: Two deaths reported from Kerala’s Kozhikode district were caused by Nipah virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed on Tuesday. A central team of experts has also been dispatched to Kerala to take stock of the situation and assist the state government in the management of the Nipah virus infection, the minister said. “It has been confirmed that the two deaths reported from Kozhikode were caused by Nipah virus,” Mandaviya told reporters. “Our expert team has reached Kerala.” The minister said he has spoken with the Kerala Health Minister Veena George on the matter. He also said samples of four more people suspected to be infected with the Nipah virus, a zoonotic virus, which can b...

 “Edayannur party leaders made us carry out the murder. If we open our mouths, many of them would not be able to walk in the open.                   S P Shuhaib was killed by CPM workers at Mattannur on February 12, 2018. KANNUR:  In a shocking revelation that could have far-reaching implications, Akash Thillankeri, an accused in the murder of Youth Congress leader S P Shuhaib, claimed, in a Facebook post, that he has committed murder on the orders of the CPM leaders of Edayannur. He made the admission in reply to a post by DYFI Mattannur block secretary Sareesh Poomaram.  “Edayannur party leaders made us carry out the murder. If we open our mouths, many of them would not be able to walk in the open. Those who made the call have been given jobs in cooperative bodies. We, who carried out the order, have been pushed into poverty and thrown out of the party,” the FB post read.  “When the party denounced us, we had ...