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PRO/EDR> Hepatitis E – India: (HP) waterborne, susp
Hepatitis E -- IndiaMore 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 Read more [...]
