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Experts call for sequencing of the virus to know if it has mutated, and constant health surveillance of people considering the repeated outbreak in the region.
Including two fatalities, so far five cases of Nipah virus infection have been confirmed in the state this month.
It has been announced that people in the districts that share their border with Kerala will be tested and those with flu symptoms will be isolated.
Teams from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune would arrive in Kerala to set up a mobile lab at Kozhikode Medical College to test for Nipah.
Health minister Veena George refuted the charge that there was delay in confirming the presence of the deadly Nipah virus with a 70 percent mortality
According to the health minister, the patient who died on Monday night contracted the virus from the private hospital where patient zero was admitted.
The minister said that the virus strain seen in Kerala was the Bangladesh variant that has a high mortality rate, though it is less infectious.
The Centre on Tuesday confirmed the Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode after the results of samples from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune were released.
High risk patients will be admitted and isolated at hospitals.
The Kerala government has set up a control room in Kozhikode and advised people to use masks as a precautionary measure.