Hemorrhagic Fever -- India
A slew of preventive measures taken by the Department of Health and Family Welfare against Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, has paid off as no positive cases have been reported in the State since July this year [2019].
In the KFD season of 2018-19 (from September 2018 to June 2019), 14 people died in Karnataka because of this viral infection. Of them, 12 were from Shivamogga district. Of the 440 positive cases reported during this period, 341 were from Shivamogga
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6868759&promed&0
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