Chandipura Virus Kills 4-Year-Old In Gujarat, 14 More Deaths Suspected
NDTV
Gujarat has so far reported 29 cases of the Chandipura virus that causes fever, with symptoms similar to flu, and acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).
The Chandipura virus has killed a four-year-old girl in Gujarat, a health department official said on Wednesday while confirming the first such fatality in the state.
As many as 14 other patients are suspected to have died of the infection in the state, which has so far reported 29 cases of the virus that causes fever, with symptoms similar to flu, and acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).
"The sample of a four-year-old girl from Aravalli district's Mota Kanthariya village, who died at the civil hospital at Himatnagar in Sabarkantha district, has tested positive for the Chandipura virus. This was the first death due to the Chandipura virus infection in the state," the news agency PTI quoted Sabarkantha Chief District Health Officer (CDHO) Raj Sutariya as saying.
