Japanese Encephalitis toll at 140

By Staff
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Gorakhpur, Sep 9 (UNI) The Japanese Encephalitis (JE) toll in Uttar Pradesh reached a staggering figure of 140 following the death of one child today.

Joint Director Health Dr Umakant Prasad said here the inflow of patients was continuing at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College.

Since April, a total of 842 people, mostly children, sufferring from JE have been admitted to the medical college, of which 119 -- including seven fresh cases -- are still under treatment.

The patients belong to Gorakhpur, Deoria, Maharajganj, Sant Kabirnagar, Kushinagar, Basti, Siddharthnagar, Azamgarh, Gonda and Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Gorakhpur has the dubious distiction of being the JE epicentre in the region. The endemic afflicts eastern UP during monsoon every year.

The government had undertaken a massive vaccination drive against the vector-borne disease. However, the efficacy and penetration of the drive has come under cloud with the mounting toll.

Meanwhile, a medical team from Pune is conducting tests to ascertain the cause of the disease.

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