A 23-year-old man admitted to a private hospital in Ernakulam is suspected to have contracted the Nipah virus (PTI)A possible Nipah rerun is staring at Kerala with a college student isolated in intensive care with symptoms of the deadly infection, exactly a year after the first outbreak. He had consulted a doctor at a private hospital in Thrissur. Its doctors told the district health authorities that the symptoms were similar to a Nipah infection’s. Seventeen people, including a nurse, were killed in the first ever Nipah outbreak in Kerala in Kozhikode last June. “The known symptoms of Nipah are high fever accompanied by cough, respiratory issues and vomiting.

Source: The Telegraph June 03, 2019 22:30 UTC