The Nipah Virus Threat

Bangladesh (www.bdnews-71.blogspot.com) usually when a Nipah virus infected bat drinks raw date, the raw date becomes a source of Nipah virus for men. Bat’s saliva and urine transmit the virus. Bangladeshis like to swallow raw date in the winter. It seems impossible to change the habit. Boiled date juice doesn’t transmit the disease.

 

When a man becomes impure he makes other people infected. In fact an infected person shouldn’t share bed and foods with others and others should maintain at least three feet distance from them.

According to organization of Epidemiology illness Control and Research report Nipah virus related death rate is increasing. It was 73 percent till 2007 and 89 percent from 2008 till date. Now it is approaching 100 percent.

Experts are saying that now awareness might be the key. Boiled juice is safe; this virus becomes ineffective in high temperature. So uncooked date may be healthy, but not healthy any more owing to Nipah virus.