Shivamogga: Suspected KFD virus found in four; admitted to hospital
Shivamogga, Jan 13: Four more suspected Kyasanur Forest Disease afflicted patients were identified in the villages near Aralagodu in Sagar taluk in the district on Saturday. All patients were admitted to Manipal KMC hospital.
Lolakshi and Spoorthi of Mandavalli, Lakshma of Kalamanji, Sharadamma of Sampa were suffering from fever. After treating them at primary health center shifted them to Manipal. Their blood samples were sent to lab tests, health department sources said.
Vaccination accelerated
Vaccination drive in KFD afflicted villages was accelerated. The health department staff in Barangi, Talaguppa, Avinahalli, Tumari, Holebagilu, Kalamanji, Mundalli and Marabidi areas have started vaccination. Hundreds of people in the taluk were vaccinated and the KFD virus broke out in Aralagodu gram Panchayat is under control, department sources said.
Report
Department sources said that KFD virus found in the ticks sent to lab tests due to which the disease is spreading very fast. Now, virus testing lab was set up in Shivamogga and it would help to identify the virus as early as possible.
Villagers in and around Aralagodu panicked due to KFD virus. It is confirmed that two students were afflicted with the virus. Meanwhile, the number of students coming to schools in Aralagodu, Mandavalli and other villages has reduced.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
