Mumbai, India's uptick in Hep A/E; Rabies risk rises in UP city

13 January 2020

Authorities in Mumbai reported a spike in both hepatitis A and E infections during 2019, blamed by doctors on ‘roadside stalls, which use unhygienic water to cook food. They wash dishes and cups in the same contaminated water’.

IN THE NORTHERN state of Uttar Pradesh, residents of the city of Lalitpur are up in arms over the large population of stray dogs and the resulting increase in dog bites - more than 500 people required rabies exposure treatment in a 1-month period recently. Read more.

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