Following the confirmation of Nipah infection as the cause of deaths of two persons in Kozhikode district, the State government has stepped up contact tracing and isolation procedures to prevent further spread of the virus, Health Minister Veena George told the Assembly on Wednesday.
A team from the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, would arrive in Kerala by evening and set up a mobile Nipah testing lab at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, while another team would carry out a bat survey.
Another team of epidemiologists from Chennai would also arrive in the State during the day to carry out studies. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)‘s supply of Monoclonal antibodies, to treat those tested positive for Nipah, would be brought to the State by a flight.
