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Nipah virus: Fears brain-swelling condition with no cure will start next global pandemic

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!The race is on to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after a young Indian boy was killed by the illness that causes vomiting, seizures and brain swelling.

According to the World Heath Organisation, Nipah's mortality rate ranges between 40 and 75% compared to Covid's 1%. Since February there have been concerns that it could cause the next worldwide pandemic, heightened by the fact that Nipah has a very high rate of mutation, reports the Mirror. “The virus has been shown to spread from person-to-person in these outbreaks, raising concerns about the potential for NiV to cause a global pandemic,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.Officials in India's Kerala state are.

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