By: Keerthi Mohan
India’s southern state of Kerala, which had been grappling with the threat of Nipah virus, has finally lifted the travel advisory it issued last month. It is now safe to travel to any part of the state, the government said in a statement. Last month, Kerala had issued high alerts in the districts of Kozhikode and Malappuram following Nipah outbreak, which has so far claimed 17 lives. “No new cases have been reported for the past 21 days. Since this is more than the longest-recorded incubation period of the virus, we consider the Nipah outbreak to be over in the…
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