Nipah virus spreads to Karnataka?

Two cases of suspected Nipah virus infection have been reported from Mangaluru - one is a 20-year-old woman from Kasargod, Kerala and the other patient is a 75-year-old man from Mangaluru, reports TOI.

The woman was in close contact with the nurses at a hospital in Kozhikode where the virus has largely spread to. 

Both the patients have been quarantined and test results are being awaited. 

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