Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 -- Eleven individuals in the low-risk category have been cleared from surveillance in Keralam after completing the mandatory 21-day observation period following contact with a Nipah virus patient.

On Monday, the Health and Devaswom Department stated that "eleven persons in the low-risk category who had completed 21 days of observation after coming into contact with a Nipah patient have been removed from surveillance."

According to the Health Minister's office, none of them developed symptoms during the observation period.

The Health Minister's office has reported that no fresh hospitalisations have been reported among those on the Nipah patient's contact list. At present, four persons in the very high-risk c...