Karnataka: High alert has been intensified across the bordering Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Karwar districts of Karnataka with Kerala, after a sample of a person from Karwar has been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Laboratory in Pune for testing Nipah virus.

Dr K.V. Rajendra, the District Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada said on Tuesday, thermal scanning is being made mandatory for all travellers from Kerala. Stringent vigil is kept at the borders. Hospitals and all doctors are informed to report if they come across any person with the symptoms of Nipah. The vigilance has been increased in Udupi and Karwar districts, he detailed. He expaliend, though there were no symptoms of Nipah, the swab sample of the person has been sent to NIV Pune.

The man worked in an industry where RT-PCR & Nipah kits were manufactured. The man suspecting to have contracted the Nipah virus approached the hospital in Manipal on Saturday. Presently, he is being isolated at the Government Wenlock District hospital in Mangaluru. His father who accompanied him and his family members in Karwar are also isolated. The sample was sent as the person insisted that he is affected with Nipah virus. The report is expected to come in a day, he added.

The authorities have inquired and inspected the working place of the person and they have not found anyone with symptoms of Nipah. "Though the doctors did not find any Nipah symptoms, the patient insisted that he is being affected with Nipah virus out of phobia. We don't want to take any chance and sent the sample for testing," he said.

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