Nipah Virus with 75% Mortality Rate Triggers WHO Alert in India
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(Worthy News) – The death of a 12-year-old boy from the deadly Nipah virus has sparked a health emergency in the southern Indian state of Kerala, as the authorities race to identify more than 180 people he came into contact with.
Before he died, the boy was admitted to five separate hospitals in Kerala and already two healthcare workers, as well as his mother, have been isolated after developing symptoms.
The World Health Organization (WHO) lists Nipah as a virus with pandemic potential. It attacks the brain, can spread from human-to-human and has a fatality rate as high as 75 per cent. [ Source: UK Telegraph (Read More…) ]
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