Nipah Virus Case Detected in Kozhikode District of Kerala, Centre Rushes NCDC Team to State To Provide Technical Support
The Central Government has rushed a team of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to the State to provide technical support. Nipah is a zoonotic virus and can be transmitted to humans from animals like bats and pigs.
Amid the rising COVID-19 cases in Kerala, the state has also reported a case of Nipah virus has been detected in the Kozhikode district. The Central Government has rushed a team of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to the State to provide technical support. Nipah is a zoonotic virus and can be transmitted to humans from animals like bats and pigs.
The disease has a high fatality rate and there’s no known treatment or vaccine available for it. In Kerala, the last time the Nipah virus was reported in 2019 in Kochi. In 2018, an outbreak in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts had claimed 17 lives.
A case of Nipah virus has been detected in the Kozhikode district of Kerala. The Central Government has rushed a team of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to the State to provide technical support: Government of India
— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2021
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