Adding to this, Dr Neha Mishra (Consultant - Infectious Diseases, Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road) said, “The Nipah virus is an RNA virus predominantly found in the Asia-Pacific region. It was first discovered in 1998 and since then has been observed in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and India, particularly in the states of Kerala and West Bengal.
Nipah virus: Kerala shut some schools and offices this week as officials raced to halt the spread of the deadlyNipahvirus, after it killed two people in the fourth outbreak since 2018.