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.
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https://www.telegraphindia.com/state...us/cid/1744337
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