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Ahmedabad, April 17: Forty persons were admitted to a hospital in Salaya town of Gujarat's Jamnagar district in the past two days because of viral fever, official sources said here yesterday.

"According to preliminary tests, it seems the people admitted to the local hospital in Salaya are suffering from viral fever," said T Natrajan, Jamnagar district collector.

"About 40 persons have been admitted to the hospital since April 15," he said adding most of them have been discharged.

"No deaths have been reported due to viral fever," Natrajan said.

"Blood samples from the patients have been collected and were sent to a research institute in Pune for confirming the disease," he added.

Health teams are visiting individual households in the town and administering medicines, Natrajan said. (Agencies)
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1,000 hit by mystery fever in Jamnagar
[ Monday, April 17, 2006 08:56:41 pmTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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RAJKOT: Three persons have died and more than 1,000 are said to be affected by a mystery fever that hit Salaya village of Jamnagar district in the last three days. Jamnagar district administration claimed that it was a viral fever.

Ismail Bhagad (13), Karima Ibrahim (52) and Zubaida Osman (60) died in the last two days. Jamnagar district collector T Natarajan, however, said that the cause of death was not viral infection. Patients have been complaining of high temperature coupled with severe body ache, especially in the joints.

Seven medical teams consisting of doctors and pathologists have been pressed into service to cover Salaya's 30,000 residents ? largely consisting of fishermen, trawler owners and traders.

The villagers are blaming the district administration for not taking adequate steps.Natarajan, however, said that the district administration has started an intensive clean-up operation not only in Salaya village but also in nearby settlements as soon as the fever broke out.

He said that water tanks in the village are being emptied and cleaned. On Sunday, around 625 cases of viral fever and another 250-300 cases on Monday were registered.

Sources in the Jamnagar district panchayat health department said that viral fever was not the cause of death of three people. They said Karimaben was a heart patient and Zubaida was suffering from oral cancer.

They admitted that 13-year-old Ismail could have succumbed to of viral infection. The coastal village has very limited medical facilities and even temporary arrangements to give primary treatment to the villagers seemed inadequate.

The district administration has made arrangements to send patients to city hospitals. "Blood samples have been sent to state health department laboratories while we are also getting tests done locally in Rajkot.

Nothing can be said till the test results are out, but symptoms point to viral fever," said Natrajan. "The situation is under control but we are taking no chances ? 15 medical teams are on a door-to-door cleanliness and hygiene campaign. A massive chlorination drive is also on," he said.