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A 14-year-old boy died on Sunday, day after being diagnosed with the Nipah virus, in Kerala, the state Health Minister...
On Saturday, the state's health department confirmed that the boy, who was from Malappuram district, tested positive for the Nipah virus...
According to Kerala's Health Minister, Veena George, the boy suffered a massive cardiac arrest at 10.50 am, following which he could not be revived...
As per Kerala Health Ministry's data, four people, tested positive for the Nipah virus, have been put under the "high risk category" and are being treated at Manjeri Medical College...
Nipah outbreaks have been reported in Kozhikode district in 2018, 2021 and 2023 and in Ernakulam district in 2019, and the presence of Nipah virus antibodies had been detected in bats in Kozhikode, Wayanad, Idukki, Malappuram and Ernakulam districts...
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