A 19-year-old girl, admitted at the Kasturba Medical College in Karnataka’s Manipal, succumbed to the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) on Monday, 8 January.
The girl, Ananya, hailing from Hosanagara taluk, became the first person to die due to KFD in 2024.
The District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Rajesh Suragihalli was quoted by South First as saying,
“Initially, she had a high fever with chills and was diagnosed with viral encephalitis. There was, unfortunately, a delay in the family coming for treatment and by the time our health officials visited her residence, she was extremely drowsy, due to her anaemic status, coupled with viral encephalitis.”