September 17, 2023 02:32 am | Updated 09:45 am ISTThe Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala in 2018 was, in retrospect, the first true outbreak people had witnessed in living memory. For a population fed, on screen, with pacy narratives, dizzying tales of disease, horror and death, the 2018 Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak was a horrifying reel-to-real conversion. Health care workers were also affected, even in the recent outbreak, so it can be transmitted via the nosocomial route too. The high mortality rates, along with the risk to health care workers and plausible multimodal transmission, emerged as causes for concern. Larger factors are at play, and a more comprehensive approach towards health care itself is needed.

Source: The Hindu September 16, 2023 22:37 UTC