No new cases of Nipah virus infection has been detected in Kozhikode district, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan said on Thursday (June 12, 2026).
However, three individuals currently under quarantine have been admitted to hospital for observation, and their samples have been sent for testing.
The patient undergoing treatment after testing positive for the virus has been administered the first dose of a monoclonal antibody therapy in accordance with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines. and on the recommendation of the medical board.
The Minister said 10 more people had been added to the updated contact list, taking the total number of existing contacts under surveillance to 87 on Friday. Of them, four were categorised as highest-risk contacts, 16 as high-risk and 67 as low-risk contacts.
As pat of the intensified field-level surveillance measures, health workers conducted house-to-house survey in 286 households in ward 5 of Ramanattukara municipality, where the Nipah case was reported. Twelve persons with fever were identified during the comprehensive survey completed on Friday. However, none of them exhibited symptoms associated with Nipah infection.
A meeting of the rapid response team (RRT) was held in Ramanattukara to review the containment zone management plans and surveillance activities. Health department sources said a team of experts from the National Centre for Disease Control would soon come up with their scientific field report by assessing the situation and extend their support to the Health department staff at the district-level.
Published – June 12, 2026 07:56 pm IST