1 year, 7 months ago
Suspected Nipah deaths: fever surveys under way in two places in Kozhikode
Surveillance steps are being taken up at Maruthonkara and Thiruvallur blocks in Kozhikode district of Kerala after two persons from there died of suspected Nipah virus infection in recent days. Health Minister Veena George told the media on Tuesday morning that 75 people, who were in the primary contact list of the deceased, are under medical observation. Sources said that the two persons succumbed to fever at private hospitals in Kozhikode. Thereafter, the relatives of the first patient too were taken ill. Nipah virus infection was first reported in Kozhikode in 2018.
