nipah virus

Chinese military scientist and a high level officer in the People's Liberation Army, Major General Chen, who developed a single dose Covid19 vaccine was found to have collaborated with a fired Canadian Scientist Dr Qiu for research on deadly pathogens like Ebola.

The case fatality rate of Nipah is estimated at 40-75 per cent making it imperative for the affected states to enhance vigilance to contain the spread of the virus.

Twitter user Sameer even declared NDTV as 'kuffar laetebar' and said he was not surprised NDTV used the image for reporting on Nipah Virus.

A 12-year old boy died due to Nipah virus infection in north Kerala’s Kozhikode on Sunday morning, causing alarms across the state

The scientist, Dr Xiangguo Qiu, who was responsible for exporting the pathogens to China, was sacked in July last year

Former JDU spokesman Ajay Alok had recently called party member Prashant Kishor as "coronavirus", claiming he is kept in isolation.

Vij is not new to making controversial statements.

There is no vaccination for this, but preventive measures should be taken to contain the infection.