Health Alerts

Another 347 cases were added to Assam’s tally of Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the past 40 days, with many of the infections from three districts – Nagaon, Jorhat and Golaghat. The JE death toll since the start of the monsoon season sits at 63. In other monsoon-related news, health officials in the cities of Pune and Mumbai in Maharashtra state say that contact with the contents of overflowing drains infested with rodents has caused a sharp increase in the number of people requiring treatment for leptospirosis. Read more