first outbreak in 2018<\/a>, which killed 21 of the 23 people infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSubsequent outbreaks in Kerala, in 2019 and 2021, killed two people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the face of the current outbreak in the state, samples of bat urine, animal droppings and half-eaten fruit have been collected from the village of Maruthonkara, where the first victim of this outbreak lived. The community is located beside a 120-hectare forest that is home to several bat species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are testing human beings … and at the same time, experts are collecting fluid samples from forested areas that could be the hotspot for the spread,” Veena George, Kerala’s health minister, told Reuters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 800 people have already been tested in the past week, with at least 77 deemed as being at high risk for infection, according to George. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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