Six more monkeys found dead in Udupi district

As many as six monkeys were found dead in different parts of Udupi district on Thursday.

District Nodal Officer for Kyasanur Forest Disease Prashanth Bhat said here that a monkey each had died in Someshwara, Nandalike, Hirgana, Bailoor, Hosangadi and Kalthodu.

Of these six dead monkeys, the monkey at Nandalike had died due to electrocution. Autopsy had been conducted on the carcass of the dead monkey at Hosangady.

Test negative

The blood sample of a person who had shown symptoms of Kyasanur Forest Disease had been sent for test to the Manipal Centre for Virus Research (MCVR) on February 13.

The person had tested negative for Kyasanur Forest Disease.

Of the 33 persons tested for Kyasanur Forest Disease in Udupi district since the beginning of January, the results of all were negative.

DMP oil

DMP oil was being distributed in different parts of the district.

Awareness activities were being conducted at different places in the district, Dr. Bhat said.

Treatment in Manipal

Meanwhile, the Kasturba Hospital at Manipal here said that a man and a woman from Kumta in Uttara Kannada district had tested positive for Kyasanur Forest Disease on Thursday and they were receiving treatment at the hospital.

The treatment for a man from Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district, who had tested positive on February 13, was continuing at the hospital.