The Kerala government on Wednesday said the condition of the college student being treated at a private hospital here for Nipah infection was stable while six others had been kept under watch at a local government medical college hospital.

A total of 314 people from various districts are under observation, a government bulletin said.

According to the bulletin, of the 314, six persons had been shifted to the isolation ward of the medical college hospital.

“The condition of the student is stable. It has not turned worse,” health minister K.K. Shailaja said, a day after the 23-year-old student was confirmed to be infected with the Nipah virus.

An official at the private hospital where the student is being treated also said his condition was stable. “He is conscious. He is taking food,” the official said.

The medical bulletin said there was enough stock of rebavirin medicine for treating the disease. Other medical equipment required for treatment have also been made available, it said.

“All situations in the state arising out of Nipah are under control,” the bulletin added.

The bulletin said samples collected from the six persons, currently being treated at the isolation ward of Kalamassery Medical College and Hospital, had been sent to the National Institute of Virology at Pune and a government lab in Alappuzha.

Earlier in the day, Shailaja had said the preliminary assessment of the health of five of the six persons showed that they were not “in a severe condition”.

“Their health now is better than what it was yesterday. They are under the constant watch of doctors,” the minister said.