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Apart from the two girls and two boys who died, around 60 other students were injured, out of whom two are in a critical condition.
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Four students, including two boys and two girls, lost their lives, while over 60 others are undergoing treatment at Kalamassery Medical College Hospital and some other hospitals nearby, according to State Health Minister Veena George.
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As many as 66 people, who completed isolation, were excluded from the contact list, she said.
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With the new Nipah infection in the state, taking the total number of active cases to four, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has decided to procure from Australia 20 more doses of monoclonal antibody for its treatment.
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The Minister, according to a government release, said that all districts have been alerted and everyone should follow directions issued by the Health department.
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The minister said that while the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared monkeypox outbreak as a global emergency due to its spread to around 68 countries across the world, the disease was not highly infectious and in Kerala the government was equipped to deal with it.
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The second positive case has been confirmed in Kannur district, the state health ministry said in a statement. The patient is undergoing treatment at Pariyaram Medical College.
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As per the new guidelines, all the international passengers, irrespective of their duration of stay in Kerala, need to undergo self- symptom surveillance and if found symptomatic undertake an RT-PCR test.
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"The goal was achieved through a special vaccination drive keeping in focus the third wave of the pandemic. The vaccine doses have been allotted by the Centre after calculating the population above the age of 18 to be 2,67,09,000,” Veena George said.
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The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government has been under fire from the Opposition and public health experts for allegedly leaving out many COVID-19 deaths from its official numbers. But the government has rejected the charges, insisting that it followed ICMR guidelines.
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The minister, speaking to reporters after visiting the new ICUs at the Government Medical College, also said that even the state's guidelines would be updated as per the Centre's norms and the finalised version would be ready in a few days.
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The minister, while speaking to reporters, said that a majority of the people who died due to COVID-19 were those who were unvaccinated and therefore, no one should be averse to getting both jabs of the vaccine.
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In a press release, the minister said samples of 15 more persons in the contact list came back negative, taking the total number of people who are in the clear to 61.
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The minister, speaking to media persons here, said with negative test results of 20 more people being reported in the morning, the total number of people who are in the clear was 30.
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Nipah Virus in Kerala: Veena George said that 11 have shown symptoms of the 38 people isolated at the Kozhikode Medical College hospital.
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Veena George, who met the media, said the samples of seven people among the 20 high-risk contacts of the child have been sent to the Pune NIV for testing.
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Regarding the drive through vaccination centres, Veena George said its special feature was that people can get registered, vaccinated and also undergo observation without getting out of their vehicles.
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The number of patients seeking treatment at hospitals and those needing ICU support has dwindled, she said during the Question Hour session in the Assembly.
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The five who tested positive were aged 38, 17, 26, 12 and 37 and were residents of Anayara, Pettah, Karamana, Poojappura and Killipalam, respectively, in Thiruvananthapuram, a state government release said.
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State Health Minister Veena George said three Thiruvananthapuram natives, aged 53, 21 and 30 years, tested positive for the infection and this was confirmed at the virology lab at the Medical college.
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A 49 year-old woman from Kulathur in Thiruvananthapuram was diagnosed with Zika, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said in a release.
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A 41-year-old woman from Kattaikonam, Thiruvananthapuram and a doctor (31) from Kumarapuram were diagnosed with the virus, Veena George said in a release.
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Health Minister Veena George said the virus was detected in a sample sent to a Coimbatore-based laboratory by a private hospital where the woman was being treated.
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The first case of Zika was detected in Kerala in a 24-year-old pregnant woman, who was admitted to a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on June 28 with symptoms of fever, rash and headache.
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The infection count now stood at 26,12,370 and the toll 10,157, while 21,921 persons recuperated from the disease, taking the total cured in the state to 24,83,992.
