"Nipah virus infection has been confirmed in Kozhikode district. Two people died due to infections. Of the four people whose saliva was sent for testing, two were Nipah positive and two were Nipah negative," Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a Facebook post.
The Minister rushed to Kozhikode even as the state Assembly is in session. The National Institute of Virology, Pune, is examining the cause of the deaths and results are awaited.
Nipah Virus, Kerala: Those in containment zones will not be allowed to go out, neither will any outsider be allowed to enter these zones, however, essential services have been permitted