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Updated – August 20, 2026 02:51 pm IST – Thiruvananthapuram
Shigellosis (bacillary dysentery) is a highly contagious bacterial diarrhoeal infection caused by shigella, which is contracted through contaminated food or water. The disease can present with mild symptoms or as severe cases of diarrhoea.
Shigellosis has surfaced again in Keralam, with a three-year-old child from Kottukal in Thiruvananthapuram district admitted to SAT Hospital with the infection.
Following this, health officials have renewed public health warnings, urging people to be cautious about the food and beverages they consume outside their homes, especially during the festival season.
According to reports, the child had travelled with her family to Nagercoil on August 12. On the way, they reportedly consumed cold drinks from a wayside vendor. The child developed diarrhoea and vomiting the following day and was later admitted to SAT hospital, where she is now recuperating in one of the paediatric wards. The case was confirmed on Tuesday (August 18, 2026).
