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Kerala Nipah virus outbreak News

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Nearly 950 people have been listed in the contact list of which  287 are health workers and 213 are in the high-risk category.
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Responding to a query regarding the Nipah infection in the assembly, State Health Minister Veena George said that the virus strain seen in Kerala was the Bangladesh variant that spreads from human to human and has a high mortality rate.
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The first Nipah virus disease outbreak in South India was reported from Kozhikode district of Kerala on May 19, 2018. There have been 17 deaths and 18 confirmed cases as of June 1, 2018. 
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India has in the past documented human-to-human transmission of the rare Nipah virus.






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