Kerala Health Minister Veena George chairs review meeting on prevention of Nipah virus, says 461 people in Nipah contact list

Malappuram (Kerala) [India], July 8 (ANI): Kerala Health Miniter Veena George chaired a review meeting regarding the prevention of the Nipah viru at the Collectorate Conference Hall in Malappuram. There are 461 people in the Nipah contact lit, out of which 27 people are at a high rik, Health Miniter Veena George aid.
Health Miniter Veena George on Monday aid, There are currently 461 people in the Nipah contact lit in the tate. Out of thee, 252 are from the Malappuram ditrict and 209 are from the Palakkad ditrict. 27 people are on the high-rik lit. They are undergoing treatment in Malappuram, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Kannur and Ernakulam ditrict.
The miniter added, Out of 48 people in the contact lit, 46 have teted negative. Out of thee, 23 are in Manjeri Medical College and 23 in Kozhikode.
She added that the people on the high-rik lit are in quarantine, and all peron on the lit have been found.
It ha been enured that all the people on the high-rik lit remain in quarantine. No peron in the contact lit i left unaccounted for. Police help ha been ought for thi, Veena George added.
Earlier on July 4, the health authoritie in Kerala iued an alert after two upected cae of Nipah were found in the tate.
Veena George aid that the upected cae of the Nipah viru are from the Palakkad and Malappuram ditrict. An alert ha been iued in three ditrict of Kerala, namely Kozhikode, Malappuram and Palakkad, in connection with two new Nipah viru cae, he aid.
According to official ource, the poitive cae i that of Bihara Nehrin, an 18-year-old female reident of Mallapuram Ditrict. The place of reidence i rural, with a nearby foreted area and fruit orchard reportedly frequented by Fruit bat. The patient uccumbed to the illne on July 1, 2025.
The pot-mortem ample (Serum, CSF, NPS & lung tiue) were ent to Regional VRDL in GMC, Kozhikode on 2nd July and were reported poitive by RT-PCR, they added.
Regarding the other cae, ource tated that Haanath, a 38-year-old female reident of the Pallakad ditrict.
The patient i preently admitted to a private hopital in Mallapuram and i on ventilatory upport. The ample ent to NIV Pune on 4th July 2025 were confirmed to be poitive for NiVD Public Health Repone, ource told ANI.
The official ource further aid that more than 300 contact have been identified thu far in 3 ditrict: Pallakad, Mallapuram and Kozhikode. (ANI)