Nipah is known to kill approximately nine out of 10 people infected. In its first outbreak in India in 2018, 89 per cent patients of the 23 infected died. (Shutterstock)
With no vaccines or antiviral drugs available to save the lives of infected patients, it is clear that India needs to put a system in place to prevent reported or non-reported outbreaks
Himani Chandna writes on healthcare and pharmaceuticals, policy, R&D and corporate updates, and has a ringside view of India’s battle against the ...Read More
