Overview

• Health Minister Veena George said Kerala has recorded 69 Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis cases with 19 deaths in 2025 and stressed there is no cluster this year.
• The state assembly is set to take up the issue today after an adjournment motion from the opposition called current measures inadequate.
• Following a 17-year-old’s infection linked to the Akkulam Tourist Village pool, authorities shut the facility and collected water samples for testing.
• Public-health actions include stepped-up surveillance, laboratory capacity for microscopy and PCR, and advisories on chlorination of wells and proper pool maintenance.
• Experts report most patients had known risks such as exposure to unchlorinated water or immunocompromise, though a few recent cases lacked clear freshwater links.