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Nipah virus: India on alert after 12-year-old boy dies of rare illness

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KOZHIKODE, India - A 12-year-old boy died from Nipah virus last week, alarming Indian health officials about the threat of a potential outbreak.The boy died on Sept.

5 in the state of Kerala. Shortly after his passing, health officials began contact tracing, hoping to limit the spread in a region of the country already struggling to contain COVID-19.RELATED: India surpasses US' global record for daily COVID-19 deathsHundreds of people who had come in contact with the child were placed in isolation.

Two days later, test samples of eight primary contacts came back negative."That these eight immediate contacts tested negative is a great relief," said Veena George, the state health minister.According to the U.S.

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