PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A and E – India: (PB) waterborne

Hepatitis — India
A 2-member team from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has arrived in Bathinda to take stock of the outbreak of jaundice cases in 2 villages that have till now reported 165 patients and one death. The team comprising Dr Hemlata and Dr Hema Gogia will visit Harraipur village, where hepatitis A has been reported, and Rama Mandi, where hepatitis E infection has been reported.
Harraipur started reporting the cases from 5 Sep 2019, while in Rama Mandi, [illness] started from 14 Sep