The number of people symptomatic for Nipah infection rose to 11 in kerela on monday.
A new laboratory under the aegis of the national institute of virology, pune, had been set up at MCH.
# Right to sit
Tamil nadu government introduced in the assembly on monday a revolutionary billĀ recognising ‘right to sit’.
Kerela is only other state to have legislated on the ‘right to sit’.
# Farmers database
The centre has created a national farmers database, which it hopes to increase to 8 crore farmers by December by linking it to state land record databases.
Agriculture minister explained that the national database was created by taking data from existing national schemes such as PM-KISAN, soil health cards and others.
# BRICS, SCO, Quad
Prime minister Narendra modi will chair a meeting of BRICS leaders including chinese president Xi jinping, Russian president Vladmir Putin and others.
The PM will also attend via video conference the Shanghai cooperation organisation (SCO) heads of government meeting being held in Dushanbe.
PM Modi is expected to travel later this month to the US, to meet US president Joe biden.
# Vaccine against Nipah virus
Preliminary animal trial of vaccine against nipah is moving in a positive direction.
National institutes of health, United states, reported that the Chadoxl vaccine vector, when customised to the nipah virus, fully protected African green monkeys, a primate species.