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Bulletin world briefing: India races to control Nipah virus and Spain train crash cause revealed

Health workers wearing protective gear shift a man with symptoms of Nipah virus to an isolation ward at a government hospital in Kozhikode in the south Indian state of Kerala — Health workers wearing protective gear shift a man with symptoms of Nipah virus to an isolation ward at a government hospital in Kozhikode in the south Indian state of Kerala (AFP/Getty)

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