A 19-year-old girl from Hosanagara taluk in Shivamogga district died of Kyasanur Forest Disease at a hospital in Manipal, Health Department sources said. Kysanur Forest Disease Kills Girl in Shivamogga: 19-Year-Old Dies of KFD in Karnataka.
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in India and the preparedness of the public health system for surveillance, containment and management of COVID-19 in view of the recent spike in cases of COVID-19 in some states. COVID-19 Pandemic Scare in India: Mansukh Mandaviya Chairs COVID Review Meet, Directs Officials To Stay Prepared Against New Strains of Virus.