India’s southern Kerala state has shut down schools and offices and declared containment zones in parts of the state amid the risk of an outbreak of Nipah virus following the death of two people from the rare and deadly brain-damaging viral disease More than 130 people have so far been tested for the virus in the wake of its fourth out break sine 2018. At least 21 died in the 2018 outbreak.Authorities have closed down some schools and offices and declared more than seven villages as containment zones in the southern state…
outbreak in India due to Nipah virus
