Nipah Virus Outbreak

As Kerala health officials warn of second Nipah virus outbreak, here's all you need to know of the infection

As concern over the Nipah virus infection outbreak grows by the day, 17 people in Kerala have succumbed to it so far, as per the latest update. Health officials in the southern state have warned of a possibility of a second outbreak.

Kerala schools reopen barring the ones in Nipah-hit districts after two-month summer vacation

All Kerala schools, except those in the districts from where 16 Nipah deaths have been reported, re-opened on Friday after a two-month-long summer vacation. Owing to the Nipah virus scare, schools in the northern districts of Kozhikode and Malappuram would re-open only on 5 June.

Nipah virus outbreak: Kerala to send fresh samples of fruit bats for testing to Bhopal

With the source of the Nipah virus outbreak that has caused 14 deaths in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts yet to be ascertained, a batch of fresh five samples from fruit bats will be sent on Wednesday to the Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, said officials.