This is the second consecutive year that Kerala has received top honours of Tourism Village Awards instituted by the Union Ministry of Tourism after Kanthalloor in the Idukki district bagged the Gold Award last year.
Health and revenue officials are preparing a route map and contact list for the deceased to ensure all Nipah protocols are followed. The 23-year-old student from Bengaluru, originally from Chembaram near Naduvath in Wandoor, passed away at a private hospital in Perinthalmanna last Monday.
The infection was identified quickly at the hospital and treatment, including medicines from abroad, was given immediately to the 14-year-old boy, say doctors
Disaster Management Department in Kerala's Kozhikode has relaxed the restrictions in the district as no new cases of Nipah virus infection were reported in the state
Disaster Management Department in Kerala's Kozhikode has relaxed the restrictions in the district as no new cases of Nipah virus infection were reported
The containment and quarantine measures would remain in place for 42 days from the last positive case reported, said State Health Minister Veena George
Karnataka Health Department issued a circular on Thursday to intensify surveillance in the districts bordering Kerala to prevent the transmission of the infection