Following incidents of stomach pain, vomiting and fatigue among students after consuming tablets to prevent malaria, residents in the rural areas around KGF are apprehensive about consuming the pills. Students of Government Higher Primary School in Kammasandra were administered the tablets last Tuesday after cases of malaria were reported. One person died of malaria in Kallikuppa village and another confirmed case has been reported in Kammasandra. There are only two options to curb the spread of the disease