Nipah alert in Bihar
Patna, May 26 : The Bihar government issued Nipah virus alert on Saturday, asking people to take precautions, an official said.
"The government has issued an alert of Nipah virus (NiV) in view of its outbreak in Kerala that has claimed 10 lives and created panic," said health department official R. D. Ranjan.
An advisory has also been issued to people with the dos and don'ts as preventive measures, said Ranjan. "People have been advised to keep distance from bats and pigs. They have been asked not to consume fruits without washing them."
According to health experts, Nipah symptoms are not specific and include flu-like illness and hence can be confused with any respiratory illness. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats. Human infections can result from contacts with infected pigs.
Also, humans become infected with Nipah as a result of consuming food products contaminated by secretions of infected fruit bats.
Human-to-human transmission has also been documented.
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Gujarat Titans beat SRH by 38 runs
Ahmedabad, May 2 (PTI): Gujarat Titans inched closer to sealing a playoff spot with a 38-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match here on Friday.
Invited to bat, skipper Shubman Gill scored a 38-ball 76 before Jos Buttler slammed 64 off 37 deliveries for the Titans.
In reply, Abhishek Sharma (74) gave SRH a solid start but GT bowlers stopped the visitors at 186 for 6.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans 224 for 6 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 76, Jos Buttler 64; Jaydev Unadkat 3/35).
Sunrisers Hyderbad 186 for 6 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 74; Mohammed Siraj 2/33, Prasidh Krishna 2/19).
