Kerala Nipah Virus Advisory: It’s the third time in 5 years that the brain-damaging Nipah, which can spread from bats and pigs to humans, has surfaced Kerala s Kozhikode district. In a 2018 outbreak, 21 people died before it was contained.
The number of Nipah virus infections has been confirmed for the third time in Kozhikode district in Kerala to five as a healthcare worker from a private hospital, tested positive on Wednesday. The State Health Department says it has prepared a contact list of over 700 people, linked to the two people who died earlier due to the infection, and two others under treatment after testing positive for the virus. Read on to learn all about the Bangladesh variant. , Health News, Times Now
The virus detected in the state was the same as one found earlier in Bangladesh, which was comparatively less infectious but has a high mortality rate.