MALAPPURAM: As the health department intensifies its efforts to combat Nipah by placing Malappuram district under surveillance, the samples taken from three persons on the contact list of the Nipah victim in Thiruvali tested negative for the infection on Tuesday. With the latest test results announced on the day, 16 people from the contact list of the victim have tested …
A day after Nipah infection was confirmed for the third time in Kozhikode district in Kerala, the number of cases rose to five as a healthcare worker from a private hospital, tested positive on Wednesday. The State Health Department prepared a contact list of 789 people, linked to the two persons who lost their lives due to the infection, and …