At least nine cases of West Nile fever have been reported in Kerala’s Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Thrissur districts. A 79-year-old man from Thrissur also succumbed to the viral infection.
The Kerala health department issued an alert on Tuesday, 7 May, telling all district officials to increase surveillance activities and to focus on pre-monsoon cleaning drives to control the breeding of mosquitoes.
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