As many as 103 active cases and two deaths due to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) or monkey fever have been recorded in Karnataka.
With the total number of cases being around 200, and the cases being concentrated in three districts – Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada, and Chikkamagaluru – a high-level meeting was held in the state on 19 February, Monday to discuss a plan of action.
Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao told news agency ANI,
“We just had a meeting with all the elected representatives and officers to see that we are well prepared and further deaths don’t take place. We should be able to bring it under control.”