It is reported that Kerala’s Kozhikode district is seeing an increase in Nipah virus cases currently. The number of infected patients has increased to five, after a health worker tested positive. Nipah is a highly infectious brain-damaging infection. Though the source of the virus remains unknown, Kozhikode is under a COVID-like lockdown at present.
The government of Kerala has increased the measures to avoid a mass spread and has set up a state-level control room. As per reports, Kozhikode’s nine panchayats have been declared as containment zones and more than 800 residents are under observation.
