Kozhikode/ Kannur, June 16 -- Keralam Health Minister K Muraleedharan on Tuesday said that in June alone, there have been 70 cases of Shigelosis reported in the State with a total of 146 cases of the highly infectious reported from January this year.

The minister said that of the five Shigella deaths in the State, one was in March and the remaining four were in June.

Further, the State Health Minister said that to combat the spread of both Shigella and the Nipah virus, the state government has constituted a high-power committee led by a World Health Organization (WHO) consultant.

"To prevent viral and amoebic diseases, we have formed a high-power committee. The chairman is Dr SS Lal, a World Health Organisation Consultant... We will co...