Monday, August 25, 2008

India's northern province mysterious virus outbreak has caused at least 160 dead

August 25, Kan Ban Yueqian India North Slope outskirts of the city, the outbreak of an unknown infectious virus, has so far caused at least 160 people were killed and thousands of people Wobingzaichuang, no channel people seeking treatment, the official also helpless.

According to "Central News Agency" reported that the new Kan slope Municipal Health Bureau chief medical officer A Jiawo said: "We really do not know what the virus."

Two weeks ago, when the disease occurs, physicians believe that only a general fever virus disease, but later see the rapid increase in the number of deaths, malaria was a vicious virus that is now also denied.

According to local people that this is only the initial mystery virus in a village in the attack, but less than half a month's time, Kan has rapidly spread to the neighbouring city of Paju 350 villages, resulting in 160 deaths, with an average daily death At least 10 people, last Saturday, 24 people died on the day, scared many people from the village of asylum, also announced that primary schools will be closed.

A health official said that although many villagers complained about the lack of doctors or doctors did not even come to observe the fundamental causes of, but died of disease in the past two weeks with about 30 people in the village, attention-grabbing As the village litter on the streets are piled up Sewage flow and four villagers Haobuzaiyi the scenes, seems to have pointed out the source of the mysterious virus.

1 Comment:

Anonymous said...

This is very alarming if true, is there any more information?