The Kerala Health Minister said that the COVID-19 vaccination, which was put on hold, will resume on Wednesday. (file)
Thiruvananthapuram:
The Kerala government on Tuesday decided to relax restrictions in containment zones in Kozhikode district, where a 12-year-old child had succumbed to Nipah virus infection.
The decision was taken as the 14-day incubation period was over and no new cases have been reported from the region.
“However, Ward 9 in Chathamangalam panchayat will continue to be a containment zone. The decision was taken as per the direction of the medical board and expert committee,” state health minister Veena George said in a release.
The minister also said that the COVID-19 vaccination, which was put on hold after the Nipah outbreak, will resume from Wednesday.
“There will be further vaccination as per an action plan. Those with symptoms should not go for vaccination. There are 9,593 people in the containment zone who have not yet received their first dose of vaccine,” the minister said.
She also informed that three more samples of close contacts of the child who died came back negative. At present, 143 samples have tested negative.
The health department was on high alert since September 4 after a 12-year-old girl was found infected with the Nipah virus. A radius of three kilometers from his house was cordoned off and door-to-door surveillance and samples were tested.
The child succumbed to the infection on the morning of 5 September.
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