NIV teams to arrive in Kerala following Nipah confirmation;

NIV teams to arrive in Kerala following Nipah confirmation; virus is Bangladesh variant: Health Minister

Teams from the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, will set up a mobile lab at Kozhikode Medical College in Kerala to test for Nipah and conduct a bat survey. The move comes after four people in Kozhikode district tested positive for Nipah infection. The Health Minister confirmed that the virus strain in Kerala is the Bangladesh variant, which spreads from human to human with a high mortality rate.

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