Kerala State officials in Southern India are rushing to control the infection of Nipah virus, when a 12-year-old boy died last weekend.

The boy was administered a week ago when he had a high fever.

Kerala state officials opened the traceability, identification, isolation and testing of people who could contact him.

Two medical staff contacted the 12-year-old boy that appeared symptoms of Nipah virus infection on September 6.

Indian health workers buried a body with Nipah virus in Kerala in May 2018.

This is the second time within three years a Nipah virus outbreak reported in India's Kerala state, which is dealing with a serious Covid-19 outbreak.

Ncov, Nipah is a virus transmitted from animals to humans, mainly through direct contact with animals or using contaminated foods.

Fruit bats belong to the Pteropodidae family, often called flying foxes, a natural host of Nipah virus.

People infected with Nipah virus often have symptoms of fever and headache for three days to two weeks, then coughing, sore throat and respiratory problems.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said 75% of Nipah virus infection died, while this ratio for NCOV was 2%.

The Nipah virus was first discovered in Malaysia in 1999 when a outbreak occurred in the pig farmers community.

The nearest outbreak in India was in 2018 in Kerala, causing 17 among 18 people from death.

Nipah virus is considered to be less spread than NCOV, but the mortality rate is much higher.

In the note of Nipah virus, WHO warns the risk of spreading to other countries through fruits and fruit products, such as friced juice is fresh, infected with urine or saliva from fruit bats.