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Nipah alert in Kerala after two die of the virus in Kozhikode

The Kerala Health Department on Monday issued a health alert in Kozhikode district after two deaths were suspected to be caused by the Nipah virus infection, which was described as “unnatural.” The deaths were later confirmed a cause of the Nipah virus. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said that the two deaths in Kerala's Kozhikode were confirmed to have been caused by Nipah. It said two "unnatural" deaths following fever were reported from a private hospital, and it is suspected that these were due to the Nipah virus. Notably, there have been previous instances of deaths due to Nipah virus infection in Kozhikode district, with cases reported in both 2018 and 2021.

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