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Foxnews: India racing to contain deadly Nipah virus outbreak as hundreds are tested in Kerala state
“Health officials in India are racing Thursday to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus, which has already killed two and carries a fatality rate the World Health Organization says is as high as 75%.
Around 800 people have been tested over the last few days in the country’s southern Kerala state, with two adults and a child placed in a hospital after receiving a positive diagnosis, according to Reuters.
“We are testing human beings… and at the same time experts are collecting fluid samples from forested areas that could be the hotspot for the spread,” Veena George, the state’s health minister, told the news agency. “We are in a stage of hypervigilance and detection.”
Public offices, government buildings and religious institutions have been shuttered in parts of the region as samples of bat urine, animal droppings and half-eaten fruit were taken from the village where the first victim lived, Reuters also reports. ”
Kerala Province in India locked down in 7 containment zones after deadly Nipah virus outbreak
“The Kerala government has closed down some schools and offices and declared seven villages as containment zones after the state registered two deaths from the deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus.
On Wednesday, a lockdown-like situation prevailed in the containment zones after the government issued a fresh set of restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus.”
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