Chicken Pox — India
Panic gripped residents of the Mundian Khurd area [Ludhiana district, Punjab state], under Sanhewal block, after 16 persons were reported to be suffering from chickenpox. Of them, 11 are children in the age group of 4-14 years. During a routine visit, a health worker of the department came across children having pimples and rashes. He informed the senior medical officer [SMO] of the community health centre, Sanhewal. The SMO, Dr JP Singh, after gathering more information, came to know that 3
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