JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS & OTHER – INDIA (07): (ASSAM) CASE SURGE,
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Date: Fri 4 Aug 2023 06:18 PM IST
Source: Latestly [edited]
https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/india-news-five-succumb-to-japanese-encephalitis-in-assam-5317520.html
Five persons, including a minor, have died due to Japanese
Encephalitis (JE) in Assam’s Jorhat Medical College and Hospital
(JMCH) in the past one week, a senior official said on Friday [4 Aug
2023].
Another 45 people infected with the disease are undergoing treatment,
she said.
JMCH Superintendent Dr Purnima Baruah said the cases have been
reported from various places, including Jorhat town, Titabor, Majuli,
Borhola, Sivsagar, Golaghat and Karbi Anglong.
“The 5 patients who succumbed were brought in a very critical
condition and we could not save them,” she said.
Baruah said the condition of those currently undergoing treatment is
stable.
Japanese Encephalitis is a viral brain infection that spreads through
mosquito bites.
Meanwhile, the Health department has sent medical teams to areas from
where infections were reported and undertaken awareness programmes,
Sashidhar Phukan, Joint Director, Health and Family Welfare
department, Jorhat, said.
“Leaflets and pamphlets are being distributed and use of medicinal
mosquito net emphasised,” he said.