Surveillance steps are being taken up at Maruthonkara and Thiruvallur blocks in Kozhikode district of Kerala after two persons from there died of suspected Nipah virus infection in recent days.
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According to sources, the Health department has started fever surveys in these places. An isolation ward is being readied at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode.
