Kochi: A woman in Kerala’s Palakkad district was tested positive for the Nipah virus on Friday.
Another woman in Nattukal in
Malappuram district showed symptoms of Nipah in a private hospital in Perinthalmanna in Malappuram. Her samples have been sent for analysis and results are awaited.
Her samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune for Nipah virus testing.
The district health authorities have drawn up a list of the places the woman had travelled and may have come in contact with people before testing positive.
Nipah in Kerala
