date:Jul 06, 2018
cument with each shipment to the UAE.
The Ministry had imposed the ban on May 29 after the south Indian state reported the outbreak of the deadly brain-damaging disease. According to the World Health Organisation, the natural host of the virus is a fruit bat of the Pteropodidae family.
Scientists at the Indias National Institute of Virology (NIV) had earlier said the Nipah virus did not spread through fruits. Khaleejtimes.com reported on National Institute of Virology(NIV) director and senior