Mystery illness leaves children with 'burning eyes', Indian officials baffled

[undercover JIX]

even Covid 19 originated from India, as per some studies.

India is becoming epicenter of all the disease, and their cultural and religious practices are the main reason.

 

[baqai]

For some reasons the first thing which came to my after reading was
1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit's conspiracy where whole village got infected by mysterious disease which was said to be a secret LSD experiment by CIA

 

[fallstuff]

I hope this gets figured out. India does not need another Bhopal.

 

[Itachi]

The god must be angry!

The gods and goddesses*

We're talking about a pagan culture here. Someone didn't sacrifice enough humans.

Most likely scenario. Sounds like chemical poisoning from an irresponsible factory.

This looks to be a new covid-19 level type of thing...

I warned the Chinese but God sent it to India. Works for me.

 

[tower9]

The gods and goddesses*

We're talking about a pagan culture here. Someone didn't sacrifice enough humans.



This looks to be a new covid-19 level type of thing...

I warned the Chinese but God sent it to India. Works for me.

All the subjects tested negative for Covid so it seems to be unrelated for now.

 

[Itachi]

All the subjects tested negative for Covid so it seems to be unrelated for now.

Yep, which is why I said "covid level" not covid like...

Others mentioned "another Bhopal"....I don't know if you know about that incident either but a lot of folks died and got injured in that one.

 

[Itachi]

Siladitya RayForbes Staff
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Covering breaking news and tech policy stories at Forbes.
TOPLINE At least 345 people in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have been hospitalized with an unidentified illness that includes a range of symptoms like seizures, nausea, loss of consciousness and has led to at least one fatality — potentially creating another public health challenge as the region continues to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
India Mystery Illness
Patients and their bystanders are seen at the[+]
ASSOCIATED PRESS

KEY FACTS
The outbreak of the illness has centered around the town of Eluru, with the sole fatality being a 45-year-old man, who died on Sunday.

The cause of the illness has yet to be established but local authorities said that all patients, currently 345, have tested negative for Covid-19, ruling it out as a possible cause, the Hindustan Times reported.

YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the state’s chief minister, visited the patients on Monday while the regional opposition party has accused him and his government of mishandling the situation while suggesting that the illness may have been caused by contaminated water supply.

The government, however, has claimed that water samples from the affected areas showed no signs of contamination and no viral infections were detected among the patients.


CHIEF CRITIC
Calling the situation in Eluru just “the tip of an iceberg,” former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and current opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu accused the government of negligence, tweeting: “Can there be a more unfortunate & bigger failure than this? The Eluru water contamination incident calls for a declaration of Health Emergency in Andhra Pradesh.”

BIG NUMBER
871,972: That’s the total number of cases of Covid-19 the state of Andhra Pradesh has recorded so far making it the third worst-hit state in India. The state has recorded 7,033 deaths from the disease. India has the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections after the U.S., with 9.6 million cases as of Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

KEY BACKGROUND
Earlier this year, 11 people died in Andhra Pradesh after a chemical gas from a factory run by LG Polymers leaked near the city of Visakhapatnam. Thousands of people had reported being sick after the incident and hundreds had been admitted to hospitals, with some needing to go on ventilators. The incident had forced the state to divert resources like ambulances, away from Covid-19 cases to help treat those affected by the leak.

FURTHER READING
1 dead, hundreds take ill: What we know about Eluru mystery disease so far (Hindustan Times)


Andhra Pradesh: 300 fall sick in Eluru, health minister says ‘mystery illness’ (Indian Express)

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Over 300 People Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness In India, One Dead

The regional government has rejected claims that contaminated water is the cause behind the illness, as India battles the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections after the U.S.

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This is a start....a spark in the darkness.

Let's see what happens in the coming weeks and months. I'll be expecting more news and so will others.

 

[GumNaam]

Ironically, pakistanis are ridiculing Indian health system now when we clearly know the health tourism that India gets from pakistan and the rest of the world. US has the top healthcare facilities in the world despite high costs but still tops the list of covid cases. The spread of covid is more about mismanagement rather than availability healthcare facilities and competency of our healthcare system

Secondly, this isn't an infectious viral disease like Covid but is presumed to be something related to water contamination. Again, more details are yet to emerge

"health tourism"? 1 billion starving population = cheap & easy organ donors! 'enuf said about. "health tourism"!

 

[Dalit]

BJP: China Pakistan ars behind every traumatic event taking place in Hindustan.

 

[TaiShang]

Poor Vij.