Nipah resurfaces in Kerala; claims one life, two health workers infected

This comes at a time when the state is contributing to over 70 per cent of the Covid cases in India

Already troubled by the second wave of Covid-19, the health system in Kerala got yet another jolt on Sunday morning when a 12-year-old boy from Kozhikode passed away after testing positive for Nipah virus infection and two others developing symptoms

It was in May 2018 that Kerala first reported Nipah infection that claimed around 17 lives at that time. Following the current outbreak, the Centre has rushed a team of National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to provide technical aid to the state health department. According to sources in the state health department, things are likely to be under control