Residents of the Indian state of Kerala were asked to stay home and monitor their health.
On In southern India, authorities are trying to contain a deadly epidemic; testing has been stepped up in settlements at risk due to an outbreak of the Nipa virus. Schools, government offices and religious centers were closed here, and public transport was stopped.
This was reported by Reuters on Friday, September 15.
According to the state health minister, more than 700 people in Kerala have been identified as contacts of infected people and are now being tested for the virus. Among them, 77 people are considered “high risk” infected. At least two people have died.
People were asked to stay home and monitor their health. In Kozikode district, some schools have been closed and nine villages have been declared 'containment zones'.
This is the fourth time Kerala has faced a deadly outbreak of the virus since 2018. During the first spread of the infection, 77 people died.
What is known about the deadly Nipa virus
There is no vaccine for this virus that kills up to 75% of infected people. It is spread through contact with the body fluids of infected bats, transmitted from animals to humans directly between people, and through contaminated food.
Symptoms of infection often begin with headaches and drowsiness and can lead to coma within a few days.
Nipa virus was first identified during a 1998-1999 outbreak in Malaysia, where nearly 300 people were infected and more than 100 died. The name of the virus comes from the village of Kampung Sungai Nipa in Malaysia, where it was discovered.
Previous cases of infection in South Asia were associated with the consumption of food contaminated with bat excrement.
Recall earlier In Transcarpathia, an outbreak of leptospirosis was recorded – an infection that is transmitted by rodents and often ends in death, despite the fact that its early symptoms are similar to the common cold.
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