Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 4: A 12-year-old boy has been admitted to a hospital in Kerala’s Kozhikode with signs much like these of Nipah virus an infection, well being division sources mentioned Saturday. The state authorities held a high-level assembly of well being officers late Saturday evening following the details about the suspected Nipah an infection, a well being division supply instructed PTI.

Although the state authorities has not but formally introduced the presence of Nipah virus, sources mentioned the well being minister would possibly rush to Kozhikode Sunday morning to take inventory of the state of affairs. Further particulars are awaited. The first Nipah virus illness (NiV) outbreak in South India was reported within the Kozhikode district of Kerala on May 19, 2018. The state had witnessed 17 deaths and 18 confirmed circumstances until June 1, 2018.