From September 12 to 15, India's health ministry reported six laboratory-confirmed Nipah virus cases, including two deaths, in Kozhikode district in the southern state of Kerala.
Since September 12, 387 samples have been tested, of which six cases were positive for Nipah virus infection, while all remaining samples tested negative, said the UN's health agency.Fruit bats are the natural hosts for the virus. It spreads to humans via contact with infected animals such as bats and pigs. Nipah can also be caught from an infected person, though this route is less common, the WHO says.
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