Earlier, the Health Minister attended a meeting with Health officials and experts in the city. Shylaja has dispelled rumours of an epidemic outbreak at Changaroth near Perambra in Kozhikode even as a third member of a family died due to viral encephalitis on Saturday. An isolation ward will be set up at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode. The District Collector will hold a meeting with private hospital managements on Sunday to seek their help. At a late-night press meet, she said the nature of the virus which caused the disease was yet to be ascertained.
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