nipah virus

Outbreak

Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus

Transmitted from animals to humans

Outbreak in Malaysia and Singapore in 1999

2 dead in Kerala's Kozhikode district

Kozhikode Distt. Nipah virus outbreaks twice in 2018 & 2021

Isolation ward has been set up at Kozhikode Medical college

Mask have been made mandatory

There is no licensed vaccine or treatment for Nipah virus infection.

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