Fruit bats identified as source of Nipah virus outbreak
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda has confirmed that fruit bats are the source of the Nipah virus infection, which killed 17 people in Kerala. Bats had earlier tested negative in May, but 55 bats trapped in the second round have tested positive for Nipah. Kerala government declared Kozhikode and Malappuram districts free of the virus on Sunday.