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PRO/AH/EDR> Japanese encephalitis & other – India (12): (UP)

Japanese Encephalitis -- IndiaThe death toll in the recent spate of encephalitis [in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh] rose to 147 when 3 more children died of the dreaded disease during the past 24 hours.An official said all the deaths are reported from BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur. "Of the 3 fresh deaths -- one each from Basti and Gorakhpur, one from adjoining Bihar state," official sources said. All the dead were children in the age group of 5-15 years, the official in Gorakhpur said.Baba Read more [...]