Concerns over the woman’s critical condition were raised as a Malappuram native succumbed to the virus last week.The health minister said that the woman has been given monoclonal antibody treatment according to the protocol, with the second dose administered on Monday morning.”This is the first Nipah case reported in Palakkad. The patient’s condition remains critical, but all available treatment is being provided,” the minister told reporters after the meeting.George said that a total of 173 contacts related to the woman have been identified, of whom 100 were primary and 73 secondary. Among them 52 are considered high-risk and 48 are low-risk, she added.