The Nipah virus, which originates from bats or pigs, can be transmitted from person to person, causing fever with a mortality rate ranging from 40-75 percent.
The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI. The original article can be found inHealth workers, Tuesday , used personal protective equipment or hazmat when carrying the body of a suspected Nipah virus infection at a hospital in Kozikode, in Kerala, India.
Two people have been reported dead in India due to the Nipah virus on Thursday . Three others have tested positive and more than 700 people, including 153 health workers who have had contact with the infected, are under surveillance. At least four people have been hospitalized, including a nine-year-old child of one of the victims.
He also stated that a team from the National Virology Institute will set up a mobile laboratory at Kozhikode Medical College to test the virus and conduct surveys on bats. The state government has established a control room in Kozhikode to monitor the situation and health officials have been instructed to follow infection control protocols.
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