The authorities of the Indian state of Karnataka introduced in a number of regions the mode of increased readiness after detecting a dangerous Nipa virus in the neighboring state of Kerala. This was reported by the All-India Radio.
In Kerala, this week, the symptoms of the deadly virus of the Nipakh were identified in 11 people. All of them in contact with a 12-year-old child who had deceased earlier from this virus. After his death, doctors checked up the health of 251 people who were in contact with him.
Carnataka Health Minister C. Suduharkar said that while not a single case of virus infection in the state was not registered. The symptoms of fever appear in infected, a change in mental state occurs, severe weakness, headache, respiratory disorder, cough, vomiting, muscle pain, cramps and diarrhea.
The World Health Organization calls the Nipach virus one of the most dangerous in the world, medicines and vaccines from it does not exist, and the death rate of the disease ranges from 40 to 75%.
Nipakh was first revealed in 1998 in Malaysia, since the outbreaks of the disease are periodically marked in Asia. Worlands are considered to be the wings – large volatile mice, which in India are often called volatile foxes. They feed on fruit, especially prefer mango, bananas, sweet juice palm trees and there can be hitting their infected saliva.