The southernmost Indian state of Kerala is bracing for a potential Nipah virus outbreak after a 14-year-old infected boy breathed his last on Sunday (Jul 21). The state health minister said authorities in the Malappuram district have identified at least 60 people in a high-risk category and have taken preventive steps.

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Health officials in the southern Indian state of Kerala were reportedly scrambling on Saturday (Jul 20) amid a suspected outbreak of the Nipah virus in northern Malappuram district.

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A sense of dread is growing in Kerala. Nipah Virus is spreading its root. For the first time, a positive case of Nipah infection surfaced in Kozhikode city.

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The re-emergence of Nipah virus cases in southern India's Kerala state has sparked a wave of public health precautions in the region. So far two people have succumbed to the illness caused by the virus, with six confirmed cases at the time of filing this report.

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Kerala has registered the sixth case of the Nipah virus, a deadly virus for which there is no vaccine, and kills up to 75 per cent of those infected. The state is dealing with its fourth outbreak since 2018.

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Alarms are ringing in India over yet another deadly virus. The southern state of Kerala has reported four cases of the Nipah virus out of which two succumb to the infection. Now Nipah is a zoonotic virus which means it is transmitted to people from animals. It mainly affects animals such as bats, pigs, dogs and horses. Though the infection does not spread as quickly as COVID-19 the case fatality rate or the proportion of deaths among those who test positive is very high as per the World Health Organization.

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