A 12-year-old child died of Nipah infection in Kozhikode. (file)
Kozhikode:
Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday said that a total of 68 people have been kept in isolation due to Nipah virus at the Government Medical College in Kozhikode district of Kerala.
Apart from this, she informed that all the patients are stable.
“A total of 68 people are in isolation at the Government Medical College in Kozhikode. The condition of all the patients is stable,” he said.
The minister also informed that 30 of the samples collected from the people listed during the contact tracing of Nipah virus victim have tested negative so far.
Veena George has been camping in Kozhikode for the last four days since the first case of Nipah virus was reported in the district this year. A 12-year-old child died of Nipah infection in Kozhikode.
A total of 251 persons were enlisted during contact tracing. Of these, 129 were health workers and 54 were in the high-risk category. Of the total contacts identified, 11 were symptomatic. Of the 54 categories at high risk, 30 were health workers. These health workers belonged to one clinic and four hospitals including MCH, Kozhikode.
Earlier on Sunday, the central government had sent a public health team to Kerala’s Kozhikode district as the state reported its first death due to Nipah virus this year.
A team from the National Center for Disease Control was sent to the state to provide technical assistance to the state.
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