New Delh, July 27, 2020: At a time when Assam is witnessing a major COVID-19 spike, a Japanese Encephalitis outbreak has also been reported from different parts of the state raising concerns. With about 14 per cent mortality rate, about 60 times higher than Assam’s COVID-19 mortality rate, Japanese EncephalitisContinue Reading
BHUBANESWAR: Japanese Encephalitis claimed two more lives today, raising the toll due to the vector-borne disease to 50 in the past one month in Malkangiri district of Odisha. Meanwhile, a police complaint was lodged against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and several other ministers and officials in Malkangiri police station, holding themContinue Reading
Dibrugarh: The death toll from encephalitis in Assam this year has touched 218 with Dibrugarh district recording the highest number of casualties. The director of state health services, Rathindra Nath Bhuyan, said from January 1 to August 1 this year, 149 people have died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) whileContinue Reading