Shigella bacterial infection has been reported in Kozhikode after a gap of around a-year-and-a-half as three children from the district were found to have its symptoms.
According to sources, one child from Eranhikkal and two others from Atholi have been infected. Though another child from Eranhikkal has similar symptoms, the test results are yet to be out.
A 11-year-old boy had died to due the infection in the district in December 2020 and many others were taken ill.