New Delhi: The deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala has killed 11 people and is reported to have spread in Karnataka with two cases reported, out of which one is from Mangaluru. The latest tests have revealed that the source of the Nipah virus that broke out in Kerala are not bats that were caught in the well of the first victim’s house.

Times Now sources have said that the tests conducted in Bhopal revealed that the virus was not spreading from the bats that were sent for testing.

The Animal Husbandry department had sent 21 samples for testing, out of which three samples were taken from the bats alone.The samples from the bats found at the house in Sabith, whose owner became one of the first victims of the virus were sent for examination. The examination confirmed that these were insect-eating bats. The samples were also collected from animals that may cause illness such as fever and sent for testing.

Times Now learned that as per the reports from Bhopal, the virus was not detected in the samples sent for testing. Earlier reports suggest that the virus, on earlier occasions, have spread through bats around the world, so it was suspected that in Kerala, bats spread the virus that took lives of 11 people. The bats that were discovered in the house in Kerala have reportedly spread the infection first.

Experts from Pune Virology Institute will be arriving in Kerala on Sunday to conduct a detailed examination. The experts will then collect samples from fruit-eating bats to examine the samples. The Animal husbandry department said that the findings the source of the Nipah virus outbreak will not be easy.