Nipah Virus: Government gives 10 lakh to nurse Lini's children and govt. job to husband

Nipah virus has so far claimed 12 lives in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts in north Kerala while the condition of many undergoing treatment is said to be critical.

Twenty eight-year-old Lini working in the Perambra Taluk Hospital in Kozhikode got exposed to the 'deadly' virus while treating affected patients. Photo: Twitter

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to give 10 lakhs to Lini's children. Lini, who was a nurse, had contracted Nipah Virus while working in the Perambra Taluk Hospital in Kozhikode while treating affected patients. She later died in the hospital. The cabinet has also said that if the husband of the deceased inserted to continue in Kerala,  he will also be given a government job. The government will also be giving 5 lakhs to the family of other deceased. A letter written by the twenty-eight-year-old Keralite nurse minutes before she died of the 'Nipah' virus had gone viral in the social media, leaving people teary-eyed. In her letter to her husband Sajeesh, Lini expressed her pain and anguish that she could not see him again. "I am almost on the way. I do not think I can meet you," she had said. She had requested her husband to take care of their children and take them to the Gulf nation with him. Nipah virus has so far claimed 12 lives in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts in north Kerala while the condition of many undergoing treatments is said to be critical. Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family, Pteropus genus. There is no vaccination for the virus which has a mortality rate of 70 per cent.