Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday confirmed another case of the Nipah virus, taking the total number of infections in the state to five. A 24-year-old health worker at a private hospital in Kozhikode has been diagnosed with the virus.
Two "unnatural" deaths following fever were reported from a private hospital in Kozhikode, and it is suspected that these were due to the Nipah virus. Relatives of one of the deceased are also admitted to the intensive care unit.