- Thursday, April 18, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
The National Centre for Disease Control has issued high alert across India following the outbreak of the Nipah virus infection in the southern state of Kerala. The virus has so far claimed around 10 lives. Nipah virus is also referred to as NiV and the infection spreads through fruit bats. No new case has been reported from Kerala in the last 24 hours, Kerala’s health minister K K Shylaja said, but stressed the need to be alert. “The entire expenditure of these patients would be borne by the state and there need not be any panic over bats. The government is…
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