Nipah Virus: Kerala Health department to strengthen contact tracing, find source of infection

Stressing that the Health department's priority is to strengthen contact tracing and determine the source of infection, Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Monday said there are chances that the 12-year old boy who succumbed to Nipah may have come in contact with more number of people. George, who met the media here, said the samples of seven people among the 20 high-risk contacts of the child have been sent to the Pune NIV for testing. The child succumbed to Nipah virus early Sunday morning.

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