39-Year-Old Man Latest To Test Positive For Niaph, Total 6 Cases In Kerala
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Nipah virus: Kerala's Health Minister has said the state administration is focusing on tracing contacts of infected persons early and isolating those with symptoms.
A 39-year-old man in Kerala's Kozhikode district, who had sought treatment at a private hospital where Nipah virus-affected were treated for other ailments earlier, has tested positive for the virus, taking the total known Nipah infections in the southern state to six. The zoonotic virus, transmitted between species from animals to humans, has already killed two people in Kerala this year, in its fourth outbreak since 2018.
State Health Minister Veena George's office on Friday said that the 39-year-old man has been confirmed with the Nipah virus after his samples turned positive. He was under observation in a hospital.
The virus strain seen in the state was the Bangladesh variant that spreads from human to human and has a high mortality rate, though it is less infectious, the government has said, according to news agency PTI.
