The Disaster Management Department in Kerala s Kozhikode has relaxed the restrictions in the district as no new cases of Nipah virus infection were reported in the state, the officials informed on Tuesday.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stated that the Nipah outbreak in the Kozhikode district is currently under control, but the threat of the infectious disease is not yet over. He mentioned that a second wave of the outbreak cannot be ruled out. Currently, 994 people are under surveillance, with six positive cases and nine individuals under observation in Kozhikode Medical College.
The Health Minister said that the State health department had sought the help of the police to attain mobile tower locations of the deceased. "The mobile tower location has been checked with the help of the police to trace the source of the virus in the first patient," George said.