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Saturday, Jul 5, 2025
Nipah was reported for the first time in Kozhikode in 2018.
People from Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad district in contact list of the victim.
The initial hypothesis is that the hog plum infested by the contact of bats could be the source of infection.
There are 330 persons in the contact list at present, of whom 68 are health workers and 101 are from the school where the 14-year-old Malappuram boy studied.
It is a matter of concern that the patient showing symptoms was not on the contact list of the 14-year-old Malappuram boy who succumbed to the infection earlier today.
The football coach at the school, V P Sudheer, remembers him as an active trainee and an ambitious footballer.
The country reported 99 cases and 71 deaths; Kerala recorded 21 deaths.
The boy suffered a massive cardiac arrest around 10.50 am on Sunday, said health minister.
Monoclonal antibody, procured from Australia for the boy's treatment will be taken to the medical college hospital by noon.
214 people are found in the contact list of the patient.
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