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Thursday, August 12, 2010

India : Japanese Encephalitis leaves two children dead in Gorakhpur

Via India Report :

" Gorakhpur (UP), Aug 11 : Japanese Encephalitis has claimed the lives of two children here, taking the toll in the viral infection in the district to 149 this year, a health official said today.

Over 100 people suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome are being treated at various hospitals in Gorakhpur division, Additional Director, Health, U K Srivastava said.
These include patients from Bihar and Nepal also, he said.

Twenty-nine districts of eastern UP, some parts of Bihar and neighbouring Nepal have been hit hard by the virus."

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