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  • Assam: Unidentified respiratory illness killed 7 children in early February

    From Week 7 outbreak report:

    AS/KRG/2020/07/0116 Assam Karimganj
    Acute Respiratory Illness
    08 cases 06 fatalities 12-02-20 12-02-20 Under
    Control
    Cases reported from Nilambazar, SC Bazarghat,
    Block Nilambazar, Amborkhana. District RRT
    investigated the outbreak. Active case search
    done. The deceased had presented with symptoms
    of fever, headache and sore throat. The deceased
    were 12y/M, 10y/F, 5y/F, 3y/F, 2y/M and
    14months/F.
    A total of 08 throat swab samples
    collected and sent to Silchar Medical College
    Hospital, normal flora of upper respiratory grown.
    No KLB like organism seem on Albert stain in all
    08 samples. All cases treated. Health education
    given
    https://idsp.nic.in/WriteReadData/l8...1589526100.pdf

    Karimganj rules out coronavirus
    A team of the department had told reporters, after visiting Karnamadhu village that 7 children had died by coronavirus

    By Satananda Bhattacharjee in Hailakandi
    Published 12.02.20, 12:21 AMUpdated 12.02.20, 12:21 AM

    The health department of Karimganj district in south Assam on Tuesday sent a team to Karnamadhu village to probe the death of below-10 children but ruled out coronavirus as the cause.

    A team of the department had told reporters on Monday, after visiting the village, that seven children had died of coronavirus there.

    Karimganj joint director of health services Dr Anup Kumar Daityari told The Telegraph on Tuesday that six children had died in the village of pharyngitis, tonsillitis and fever. He said the coronavirus reports were false as the cause of a death cannot be ascertained without getting tests done from a recognised laboratory. Moreover, the children’s symptoms were not that of coronavirus. He said Tuesday’s team, comprising ENT and paediatricians, had treated at least 30 children and found 18 of them having bacterial infection. He said he had on Monday sent infected children to Silchar Medical College and Hospital, where two died. Health awareness is poor in the area, he added.
    ...
    https://www.telegraphindia.com/state...us/cid/1744337

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