Let us hope the government put effective travel quarantines in place this time...............
Nipah virus kills one teenager as health experts race to track 350 others
The highly fatal disease – which inspired the Hollywood film Contagion – is classified as a priority pathogen by the WHO
Indian health officials are anxiously awaiting the test results of six people displaying Nipah virus symptoms, after a teenage boy died on Sunday.
Authorities in the southern state of Kerala are tracking around 350 people who came into contact with the 14-year-old Nipah victim, including 101 “high risk” contacts and six who are displaying some symptoms, according to an update on Monday.
The highly fatal disease – which inspired the Hollywood film Contagion – is classified as a priority pathogen by the World Health Organization: it has “serious potential” to drive mass outbreaks: it has a mortality rate as high as 75 per cent, but there are no rapid tests, vaccines or specific treatments to fight it.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/nipah-virus-kills-teenage-boy-outbreak-kerala-india/
