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JE, AES claim 314 lives in Assam

| | Aug 01, 2014, at 01:39 am
Guwahati, July 31 (IBNS) : Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) have continued to wreak havoc in Assam, claiming 314 lives in this year so far.
According to state health department reports, JE has claimed 97 lives in 24 districts of the state so far.
 
“Vector-borne Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) alone claimed 217 lives in the state,” a top official of state health department said.
 
A total of 1808 people has suffered from JE and AES so far.
 
Twenty four out of 27 districts of the state have been worst hit in JE and AES.
 
A total of 507 persons were confirmed inflicted with JE across the state.
 
In the worst hit districts, 36 persons lost their lives alone in Sivsagar district in JE and AES.
 
Apart from Sivsagar, JE and AES have claimed 32 lives in Darrang district, 32 in Barpeta, 21 in Sonitpur, 25 in Dhemaji, 16 in Kamrup (Rural), 13 in Nagaon, 13 in Tinsukia, 20 in Dibrugarh, 12 in Lakhimpur, 12 in Baska, 11 in Golaghat, 10 in Jorhat, 8 in Chirang, 8 in Kokrajhar, 7 in Nalbari, 6 in Morigaon, 6 in Udalguri, 6 in Goalpara, 5 in Dhubri, 4 in Bongaigaon, 5 in Karbi Anglong district in the state.
 
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has instructed the health department to take immediate preventive measures across the state.
 
 
 
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
 
 
 
#JE # AES claim 314 lives in Assam

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