Japanese Encephalitis — India
On [Mon 17 Oct 2016], 2 more children died of Japanese encephalitis [JE] at the [Malkangiri] district headquarters hospital, taking the total number of victims to 59.
The deceased were identified as a 2-year-old girl of Gorakhpalli village under Padia block and a 3-year-old girl of Pedawada village under Kalimela block. Though another 4-year-old girl also died at the hospital [Mon 17 Oct 2016], hospital sources claimed that to be a case of pneumonia.
Unofficial sources have pegged the
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