Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stated that the Nipah outbreak in the Kozhikode district is currently under control, but the threat of the infectious disease is not yet over. He mentioned that a second wave of the outbreak cannot be ruled out. Currently, 994 people are under surveillance, with six positive cases and nine individuals under observation in Kozhikode Medical College.
In a fresh piece of good news for the country, the Kerala government has confirmed that the state has registered zero positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. TheHealthSite.com
Is Nipah virus there in other states apart from Kerala? A study by Pune s National Institute of Virology has found Nipah virus antibodies in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya and Puducherry