Doctors and patients wear safety masks as a precautionary measure after the Nipah virus outbreak at a Medical college in Kozhikode. The report has ruled out bats and pigs as the primary source of the Nipah outbreak, a Health Ministry official said. They have tested negative for the Nipah virus,” the official said. Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly-emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in animals and humans. Nipah virus cases were previously reported from West Bengal’s Siliguri in 2001 and Nadia district in 2007.

Source: Mint May 26, 2018 10:41 UTC