A file picture of Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. Okay. Sudhakar chairing a gathering with the Technical Advisory Committee and senior officers on the sudden spike in H3N2 virus an infection, in Karnataka, in Bengaluru on March 6, 2023.
Hassan
An individual who died on March 1 in Alur taluk of Hassan district of Karnataka was contaminated with the H3N2 influenza virus that causes seasonal flu.
The laboratory check of the samples collected from the 87-year-old individual confirmed the an infection on March 3, two days after his death. He had co-morbidities, like bronchial asthma and hypertension, mentioned Dr. Shivashankar, the Surveillance Officer.
The employees of the Health and Family Welfare Department collected samples from residents of the place the place the death was reported. However, there was hardly anybody with signs, like fever. No different case of H3N2 had been detected in the district, the officer added.
