The brain-damaging Nipah virus has caused panic in India as the death toll continues to rise.
The rare virus has claimed the lives of 10 people, with medial teams working around the clock to manage the disease. According to Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, we have no prior experience in dealing with the virus but it is being effectively contained’.
Residents living in the virus’ epicentre and presenting with symptoms like fever are ‘swarming’ hospitals to check they don’t have the virus.