A total of 345 people on the NIPAH contact list, a statement issued by Minister of Health Veen George after a high -level meeting, were listed in the state.
This includes 211 people in Malappurama, 91 in Palakkad and 43 in Kozhikode. Everyone on the List of Contacts in Kozhikode is health care workers
Two people from Palakkad and Malappuram suspected of Nipah after a preliminary examination of samples in Malappuram and Kozhikode Faculty were positively tested. Then the Palakkad sample was sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune as positive.
However, the health department initiated all control measures in Palakkad before the official conformation came. The map of the route of the Nipah-positive person in Palakkad has now been released and the districts of Palakkad, Malappuram and Kozhikode have been warned.
Meanwhile, experts warned people that nesting bats should not be disturbed by the bursting of biscuits or other means. The department has ordered the affected districts to strengthen contacts by focusing around hospitals and other healthcare institutions and ensuring that there is no missed in the contact lists.
Both patients in Malappuram and Palakkad began to show symptoms from 25 and 26 June. Health workers will start to collect information about local field information from three weeks before this period. It seeks to find out whether there have been any death in pneumonia or encephalitis.
The department was established by the State and District Control Squares in connection with Nipah focus. 26 committees were established in all three districts. Police help is also trying to prepare a list of contacts.
District collectors announced retention zones in Palakkad and Malappurama. People should necessarily wear masks in public places.
Among those who attended a high -level meeting convened by Minister of Health included other main secretary (health), director of the NHM state mission, director of medical services, director of medical education, other directors, district collectors, district physicians, police officials and other officials.
Published – 4 July 2025 9:25
