Saudi Arabia has banned imports of frozen and processed fruit and vegetables from Kerala, citing the risk from an outbreak of Nipah virus, Saudi Arabia said in a filing published by World Trade Organization on Thursday.
Nipah has killed at least 16 people in Kerala, but no cases of the virus have been found outside the state.
There is no vaccine for the virus, which is spread through bodily fluids and can cause encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, the World Health Organization says.
On Monday, the Kerala government announced that it will foot the medical bills for all those being treated for the deadly virus in Kozhikode an Mallapuram.
18 instances of the Nipah virus have so far been reported out of which 16 have been fatal.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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