One more person infected with Nipah in Kerala

State Health Minister Veena George's office said that a 39-year-old man has been confirmed with the Nipah virus after his samples turned positive.

One more person at Kozhikode in Kerala was found to be infected with Nipah virus. 

Health minister Veena George said on Friday that a 39-year-old person from Cheruvannur in Kozhikode, who was under observation in hospital, had tested Nipah positive. He had earlier visited a private hospital where two persons who died due to Nipah infection had gone for treatment. 

With the fresh case, the total Nipah active cases in Kozhikode reached four. 

On Thursday eleven with symptoms were tested negative. More persons are now being tested as NiV rises, and Pune had set up a mobile testing facility in Kozhikode

Health secretary Mohammed Hanish told DH that swift measures like tracing contacts of the infected and making containment zones seemed to be helping  in containing the spreading of the infection to a large extent. He also said that around 85 per cent of those who came in contact with the infected could be traced. 

Meanwhile, there are reports that neighbouring Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have enhanced vigil at the border checkpost. Persons from Kerala were being screened at the borders.