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Officials deposit a bat into a container after catching it inside a well at Changaroth in Kozhikode in the Indian state of Kerala on May 21, 2018. AFP/Getty Images
Authorities in India’s southern Kerala state are battling to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
At least 11 people in the Indian state are believed to have contracted Nipah, a dangerous virus that is not related to COVID-19 and for which no vaccine currently exists.
