The state of Kerala is testing hundreds of contacts of two people who died of the disease, which is found in bats.
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India on Alert to Contain Outbreak of Deadly Nipah Virus
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Nipah virus outbreak in India is under control, official says, despite 1,200 being placed on contact list
A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread.
Two infected people have died since Aug. 30 in Kerala’s fourth outbreak of the virus since 2018, forcing authorities to declare containment zones in at least eight villages.
Nipah virus, known to spread from bats to human, has broken out in the state of Kerala. Here's what we know about the current cases and the ongoing efforts to quash this potentially fatal disease.
Authorities in India are scrambling to contain a rare outbreak of Nipah, a virus spread from animals to humans that causes deadly fever with a high mortality rate.
The deadly Nipah virus has broken out again in the Indian state of Kerala. The rare virus is transmitted by fruit bats, and those who fall ill have a low chance of survival.
Feared as a potential cause of another pandemic, Nipah has no treatments or vaccines, and the virus kills as many as three out of every four people it infects.
Nipah is identified by the World Health Organization as a high-priority disease with the potential to start another global pandemic, making any outbreak a public health crisis. There’s no vac…
A health official in India says an ongoing outbreak of the Nipah virus there appears to be under control, despite more than 1,200 people being added to a list to close contacts.
