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More than 200 struck with mysterious disease in India
There
was confusion and panic in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
on Sunday (December 6), as at least 227 people were admitted to
hospital, having contracted an unknown disease. The first case of the
mysterious illness was reported on Saturday. Doctors said the symptoms
include dizziness, nausea, headache and epilepsy-like symptoms,
affecting both young and old alike. The state's health minister who
visited Eluru Government General Hospital said the situation is under
control, with all patients now reported as stable. Blood samples were
sent to labs and no viral infections were detected. All the patients
were tested for COVID-19 and all tested negative, according to local
media reports. The state government is now focusing on the areas where
cases are prevalent and a door-to-door survey is being conducted to
monitor condition of the residents.
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Hundreds ill, one dead after unidentified disease hits city in India
Associated Press
At
least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to
an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh,
reports said Monday.
The illness was detected Saturday evening in
Eluru, an ancient city famous for its hand-woven products. Since then,
patients have experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to
loss of consciousness, doctors said.
Image: (AP)
A
45-year-old man who was hospitalized with symptoms similar to epilepsy
and nausea died Sunday evening, the Press Trust of India news agency
reported.
Officials are trying to determine the cause of the
illness. So far, water samples from impacted areas haven’t shown any
signs of contamination, and the chief minister's office said people not
linked to the municipal water supply have also fallen ill. The patients
are of different ages and have tested negative for COVID-19 and other
viral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya or herpes.
An expert team deputed by the federal government reached the city to investigate the sudden illness Monday.
State
chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy visited a government hospital and
met patients who were ill. Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu
demanded on Twitter an “impartial, full-fledged inquiry into the
incident.”
Andhra Pradesh state is among those worst hit by
COVID-19, with over 800,000 detected cases. The health system in the
state, like the rest of India, has been frayed by the virus.
Hundreds hospitalised with 'mystery illness' in Andhra Pradesh
Marcus Parekh
Andhra
Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (C-L) meeting with the
patients going under treatment for an unknown disease - STR
HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock /Shutterstock
Local
people are blaming an anti-mosquito spraying campaign for a mystery
illness that has hospitalised more than 300 people in a city in southern
India.
A 45-year-old man died of epilepsy-type symptoms and
hundreds of others complained of nausea, burning eyes and seizures in
the town of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh.
A report released by the
district collector said that as many as 340 people have fallen sick
since Saturday night, with 157 still undergoing treatment.
Locals
in Eluru, which is known as mosquito city, have said authorities in the
past week were spraying anti-mosquito chemicals in the area.
One
local man, Dhananjay Kumar, said: "Authorities have been spraying
anti-mosquito chemicals in the area, creating a massive fog. It seems
the chemicals sprayed by authorities led to the disease.”
However, health officials in Andhra Pradesh say the exact cause of the illness is unknown.
"We
were informed by some locals that anti-mosquito spray resulted in the
infection. As of now, I can only say the exact cause of the disease is
not known yet. We have sent samples to AIIMS, New Delhi and expect the
reports on Tuesday morning, " said a senior health official in Andhra
Pradesh.
Blood tests and brain scans of the infected patients
could not establish the cause of the disease and health authorities
have ruled out water contamination.
All of those who were
hospitalised have tested negative for Covid-19, according to the state’s
Health Minister, Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas.
Andhra Pradesh has the third-highest caseload of any state in India with 800,000, despite being the 10th most populous state.
“We
ruled out water contamination or air pollution as the cause after
officials visited the areas where people fell sick,” Mr Srinivas said.
He
added that both blood and water samples have been sent off for lab
analysis. The Andhra Pradesh Health Department released a statement
saying that initial tests did not reveal any viral infection. This rules
out diseases such as dengue or chikungunya, which are both caused by
mosquito bites.
However,
the state’s former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has called for a
full inquiry into the outbreak, pointing to water contamination as the
likely cause.
“I demand an impartial, full-fledged inquiry into
the incident,” he wrote on Twitter. “The Eluru water contamination
incident calls for a declaration of Health Emergency in Andhra Pradesh.”
A
report in the Indian Express claimed that a case of contaminated water
was reported in Eluru 10 days prior to the hospitalisations.
The
current Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy said specialist medical teams
have been dispatched and are conducting door-to-door surveys in order to
get control of the situation.
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