PRO/EDR> Hepatitis E – India: (HP) waterborne, susp

Hepatitis E — India
More than 500 cases of jaundice have been reported in the city [Shimla, Himachal Pradesh] in the past few weeks.
Both Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) and Hospital and Deen Dayal Upadhyay (Ripon) Hospital are receiving about 40 cases every day.
The Shimla Municipal Corporation [SMC] has attributed the jaundice outbreak to sewage contamination in Ashwani Khud, which supplies potable water to 1/3 of the city’s population.
Most of the jaundice cases have been reported from Chotta