India ‘brain fever’ toll rises to over 100

By Pa
June 19, 2019

NEW DELHI: An encephalitis outbreak has killed more than 100 children in India’s eastern state of Bihar.Authorities say 106 children have died and 437 others between the ages of four and 10 are being treated in hospitals in the Muzaffarpur district, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Patna, the state capital.Villagers crowded outside Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital in Muzaffarpur to protest that Bihar’s chief minister had only visited after the death toll passed 100. Left-wing political organisations also rallied in New Delhi.

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