Nipah virus has killed two people and infected three others in Kerala's Kozhikode district so far. The ICMR advised people to wash hands and wear face mask as precautionary measures against the brain-damaging virus
The first outbreak of Nipah was in 1999 in Malaysia and Singapore. The town in Malaysia where the initial outbreak took place bears the virus's name. The Nipah virus is closely linked to the Hendra virus and is a member of the Paramyxoviridae family.
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