Seven more samples sent for lab examination tested negative for Nipah virus on Friday. The surveillance team removed the names of 66 persons from the contact list of Nipah patients.
According to Health department officials, there are now 915 persons under observation on the updated contact list. Of this, 127 persons are on the contact list of a Nipah patient hailing from Cheruvannur. There are 49 more patients on the contact list of the first person who died of the infection in Kozhikode district. Other 437 persons on the contact list of an Ayanchery native who succumbed to the infection are also under close observation.
