India, July 4 -- Kerala health authorities issued an alert across several districts in the northern part of the state after two people showed possible symptoms of the Nipah virus infection. Kerala had faced an earlier outbreak of the Nipah virus disease in 2018.

After the suspected cases were flagged during routine testing at government medical colleges in Malappuram and Palakkad, officials issued an alert in both the districts and Kozhikode, with 26 special teams deployed in each of them to carry out contact tracing, monitor symptoms and inform the public.

According to a PTI report, samples were immediately rushed to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for confirmation.

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