On Monday, while tending to a Nipah virus infected patient, Lini (31), the nurse at Perambra Taluk Hospital died after possibly getting exposed to the deadly virus. With Lini's death, the count of death affected by Nipah virus has gone up to 10.

On Sunday, the count has gone up to 9 with the death of six more people affected by the same Nipah virus. Of this, two deaths were reported from Kozhikode and four from Malappuram district reports TOI. 

To avoid the spread of the virus, her family, including her husband and two kids, allowed the health department to cremate at an electric crematorium in the city without taking the body home. According to her maternal uncle V Balan, Lini had realized in her last days that she has contacted a possibly-fatal infection after the youth from Changaroth, whom she had attended to in the initial stages, died. He also mentioned with proud that Lini had lived to help others and her death has become a sacrifice.

Tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran sympathized with her death and shared on Facebook the final letter she wrote to her husband. Worth mention here there is no vaccine available for either humans or animals infected with the rare virus. WHO said that the primary treatment for human cases is intensive supportive care, to avoid virus infection.

The Centre on Monday rushed a high-level team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), including its director, Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh and Head of Epidemiology Dr SK Jain for considering the seriousness of the situation.