Overview

• Chief Minister Mohan Yadav directed principal secretaries to investigate high‑risk areas, step up farmer outreach, and ensure treatment arrangements.
• An AIIMS Bhopal report confirmed the disease in at least 20 districts, prompting coordinated state action and clinician training sessions.
• News18 reports more than 130 infections to date, with an AIIMS microbiologist warning of spread from rural communities into urban populations.
• Experts cite Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil and water as the source, with expansion of paddy cultivation and persistent waterlogging driving exposure.
• Farmers face the highest risk, while people with diabetes and heavy alcohol use are also vulnerable, and officials urge testing for TB‑like illnesses.