NEW DELHI: Another patient has died in India from the Nipah virus, taking the number of fatalities from an outbreak of the rare disease to 13, authorities said Sunday. Emergency measures have been imposed across Kerala to curb the spread of the virus, with dozens of patients quarantined since the outbreak was detected this month. “One man died today from Nipah virus, taking the overall death toll to 13,” Sarita R.L., director of Kerala’s health services, told AFP. “There are two other confirmed Nipah patients undergoing treatment.”Nipah has killed more than 260 people in Malaysia, Bangladesh and India since 1998. In India the disease was first reported in 2001 and again six years later, with the two outbreaks claiming 50 lives.

Source: New Strait Times May 27, 2018 12:11 UTC