While two of the six people who tested positive for Nipah have died in Kerala, three others are undergoing treatment. Restrictions have been placed in nine panchayats in Kozhikode district.
The six-member Central team sent to Kerala includes epidemiologists, microbiologists, neurologists, and a wildlife officer to help prevent the spread of the infection. The team is headed by Dr Mala Chhabra, microbiologist from Dr Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in Delhi.