Nipah: only three persons under observation at Kozhikode MCH

Only three persons on the contact list of the Nipah infected person are under observation at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, now.According to a release from the office of Health Minister K. Muraleedharan on Thursday (June 18), one more person has been discharged after his lab results turned negative for the virus and symptoms subsided. So far, six of the nine contacts of the infected person have been discharged. There are no new additions to the contact list of the patient who remains on ventilator support. Published - June 18, 2026 08:57 pm IST