Nipah Virus: One more infected with Nipah virus found in Kerala, lockdown situation

After the cases of Nipah virus came to light in India too, there is a one-sided atmosphere in the Health Ministry. The reason for this is that its mortality rate is much higher than Corona. There is a lockdown situation in Kerala after the cases came to light. Meanwhile, the government has become alert regarding Nipah virus. If media reports are to be believed, the Director General of ICMR said on Friday that efforts are going on to stop the outbreak of Nipah. All the infected persons had previously come in contact with the infected patient. He told that the death rate of infected people in Nipah is very high. It is between 40 to 70 percent. Kerala State Health Minister on Friday said that the sample of a 39-year-old man has confirmed Nipah virus infection and he is under observation in a hospital. This person had come in direct contact with the infected patient who died of the infection on August 30. According to media reports, with the new case the total number of Nipah infection cases in Kozhikode has reached six.