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ICMR invites firms to make Nipah detection units
The Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic disease that spreads between animals and people. Fruit bats are the host for the virus

Karnataka on high alert after Nipah virus death in Kerala, issues circular
Karnataka's Health Department is on high alert after a Bengaluru student died from the Nipah virus in Kerala, with 41 close contacts currently in quarantine.

Tests negative of 10 contacts of Nipah victim
26 people who had close contact with the 24-year-old victim have tested negative for the zoonotic virus carried mainly by fruit bats

Kerala govt publishes ‘route map’ of Nipah victim, 104 contacts are ‘high-risk’
The Kerala government mandated face masks in Malappuram district, declared five wards in two panchayats as containment zones

Man who died of Nipah came home for leg injury treatment
The 24-year-old man, who recently died due to Nipah virus in Kerala, was a psychology student at a Bengaluru college and had come home to Wandoor in Malappuram district on August 23
