In the wake of the Nipah virus infection, all educational institutes in Kerala’s Kozhikode in India will remain shut for a week until September 24, Report informs referring to NDTV.
This includes schools, professional colleges, and tuition centers.
Meanwhile, online classes will be ensured throughout the week, the district administration said.
Health minister Veena George has said that at present, the contact list of infected persons has 1,080 people while 130 people have been newly included today in the list. Out of all this 327 people in the list are health workers.
In the high-risk category, 175 are common people and 122 are healthcare workers.
The Health Minister further informed that the number of people in the contact list is likely to increase as the test result of the person who died on August 30 has come out positive making it the index case of Nipah in the district.
As of now, six positive cases of Nipah Virus have been reported in the state.
As many as 17 persons who had attended the cremation of the man who died on August 30 were put under isolation. While four of the active cases are undergoing treatment in hospitals.