Nipah virus: Two suspected cases reported in Hyderabad

Hyderabad | Friday | 25th May, 2018

Summary:

HYDERABD: Two people with suspected cases of Nipah virus are admitted in Hyderabad hospitals. Transmission of Nipah virus takes place through direct contact with infected bats, pigs or other Nipah-infected persons. Although the number of patients coming for treatment with symptoms of Nipah virus infection has gone down, Kozhikode Collector U.V. I spoke to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) officials who are in Kerala who said that the place the man has been to is hundreds of kilometers away from localities where Nipah virus cases are reported. “One among the two suspected cases went to Kerala..