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Central Outbreak Team Arrives as Kerala Ends Nipah Restrictions in Malappuram

Nearly 500 contacts across four districts are under observation ahead of bat surveillance to limit further Nipah transmission.

Health workers wearing protective gears shift a man with symptoms of Nipah virus to an isolation ward at a government hospital, in Kozhikode

Overview

  • A 10-member National Joint Outbreak Response Team led by Dr Pranay Verma has arrived to coordinate Nipah containment in Malappuram and Palakkad.
  • Contact tracing has reached 499 individuals: 203 in Malappuram, 116 in Kozhikode, 178 in Palakkad and two in Ernakulam.
  • Malappuram district lifted all containment zones in 20 wards while Palakkad maintains restrictions in six wards.
  • A Palakkad native remains critically ill in Kozhikode and an 18-year-old Malappuram patient died on July 4.
  • An eight-member NIV bat-surveillance team led by Dr E Dilip Patil is set to deploy for targeted zoonotic monitoring.