Two more kids succumb to Encephalitis; toll 44

Malkangiri: The death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) today mounted to 44 with two more children succumbing to the disease late last night during treatment at district headquarters hospital even as the State government sent more doctors to the affected areas. Two-year old Dasarathi Naik of Dangaraguda in the district died in the late […]

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Malkangiri: The death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) today mounted to 44 with two more children succumbing to the disease late last night during treatment at district headquarters hospital even as the State government sent more doctors to the affected areas.

Two-year old Dasarathi Naik of Dangaraguda in the district died in the late night while Juli Kabas (2) of Kalakunda under Padia block succumbed to the vector-borne disease in the wee hours of Sunday.