Puducherry: A 72-year-old patient from neighbouring Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu has been admitted on Monday with suspected symptoms of Nipah virus. His body fluids have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, for examination.K V Raman, director of Health and Family Welfare Services said the patient identified as Ramalingam was from Kattumannarkoil village in Cuddalore district.

He had returned from Ernakulam recently with complaints of fever and was treated at a government hospital in Cuddalore from where he was referred to Jipmer for further examination on Monday. The patient said that this was the second case from neighbouring district admitted to Jipmer. In a similar case, Natarajan (51), who had returned to his hometown of Cuddalore from Guruvayoor, was admitted to Jipmer with similar symptoms of nipah infection recently.