Nipah virus claims three lives in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IBNS): A mysterious virus 'Nipah' has attacked Kerala's Kozhikode, which has claimed three lives from the same family, media reports said.
Following the deaths, the centre has sent a team to Kerala.
Two of the victims were brothers; the third, a woman, was a relative who had visited them in hospital, said reports.
The situation has led to a statewide alert.
The state government has opened a 24-hour control room to monitor the situation.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
