India: High Alert In Uttar Pradesh After "Mystery Fever" Claims 84 Lives

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High Alert In Uttar Pradesh After "Mystery Fever" Claims 84 Lives
The Uttar Pradesh health ministry has ordered an audit of every death to identify the disease, and both central and state teams have been deployed in the six affected districts.
All India | Written by Alok Pandey (with inputs from Agencies) | Updated: September 21, 2018 12:40 IST

Bareilly:

A "mystery fever" has claimed 84 lives across six districts of Uttar Pradesh in the last six weeks, forcing the Yogi Adityanath government to sound a high alert. While Bareilly district in the west reported 24 casualties, the highest among affected areas, 23 succumbed to the ailment in adjoining Budaun district.

Among the victims in Bareilly was 12-year-old Omkar, who was rushed to the district hospital two days ago with high fever. "His body was burning. I initially took him to the village doctor, but there was no improvement in his condition. Although I took him to the district hospital after that, he did not survive," said his father.

The Uttar Pradesh health ministry has ordered an audit of every death to identify the disease, and both central and state teams have been deployed in the affected districts. ...

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