TORONTO — A new outbreak of a deadly virus in India is making headlines — but it’s not COVID-19.
Amid the rise of COVID-19 cases in India, health officials are on alert for cases of Nipah, a rare virus first identified in the late 1990s that kills at least 40 percent of those it infects.
A 12-year-old boy died of Nipah virus in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sunday, prompting officials to contact trace and isolate anyone who may have come into contact with him.
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