Nipah virus claims 3 lives in Kerala, 8 under observation
Kozhikode, May 21 (DIN NEWS) The Nipah virus has so far claimed three lives in Kerala while one person is undergoing treatment and 8 others are under observation in Kozhikode district, Health minister K K Shylaja today said. The three deaths, which occurred over the past fortnight, were from the same family, including two siblings in their early twenties. The man who is undergoing treatment for ‘Nipah’ is the father of the two brothers who died. Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both…
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