A rare and deadly virus spread by fruit bats has been detected in south India

A rare and deadly virus spread by fruit bats has been detected in south India

At least five people have died over the past two weeks in the southern Indian state of Kerala after contracting the rare Nipah virus. The condition of nine others is said to be critical. Three members of a family in Kozhikode district reportedly died due to virus encephalitis (brain inflammation caused by a virus) and…