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Health Minister Veena George said samples from 13 individuals on the contact list have been sent for testing.
The centre is expected to lead the research on the transmission of the virus and analyse data.
According to the health minister, the patient who died on Monday night contracted the virus from the private hospital where patient zero was admitted.
The four-member team also visited the house of the index patient, who died on August 30.
Since the death of a boy in Chathamangalam in 2021, experts have been conducting annual visits to Kozhikode.
The health department said a bite to the head was possible cause of death of the 12-year-old in Pathanamthitta, who had been administered three doses of rabies vaccination.
The virus strain isolated at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) laboratory in Pune will be used to develop the vaccine.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had directed the institute to evaluate 400 samples.
Research shows that there are altogether different things going on when it comes to smell and taste loss for Covid-19 patients, compared to those with a bad cold.
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