Australian Health Minister Mark Butler has confirmed his department is closely monitoring the deadly Nipah virus following a recent outbreak in India.
The Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus carried naturally by fruit bats and can be transmitted to humans, with a mortality rate up to 75 percent.
Early symptoms can include fever, headache, muscle pain, vomiting, cough, shortness of breath and sore throat, according to the Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
The virus spreads to humans via direct contact with infected animals (such as fruit bats and pigs) and their bodily fluids, as well as eating fruit products contaminated with their bodily fluids….
Australian Minister Says Officials Closely Monitoring Indian Nipah Virus Outbreak
