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Mystery illness leaves children with 'burning eyes', Indian officials baffled
By Richard Wood • Senior Journalist
10:19am Dec 7, 2020
A mystery illness in central India has hospitalised at least 300 people and killed one patient.
Symptoms of the unidentified condition in the town of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh include frothing, shivering, nausea and sudden loss of consciousness.
Officials said 300 people had been taken to hospital and one patient had died, reports The Times of India.
A file photo of the Andhra Pradesh region India. The area has reported a mystery illness. (AP)
The wave of sudden illnesses began on Saturday when 45 people from different localities presented at hospitals and clinics with strange symptoms.
Those hospitalised included 46 children, some of whom started vomiting after complaining of burning eyes, reports the Indian Express.
Local media said all the patients had returned negative COVID-19 tests.
Many patients have been discharged but the cause of the illness has left authorities baffled.
Andhra Pradesh governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandran tweeted that he was concerned and had directed doctors to investigate.
But blood samples have not found any traces of a viral infection, State Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas said.
India has been hit by a second wave of coronavirus but it has been ruled out as being behind a mystery illness in one town. (AP)
While food or water contamination has been ruled out, the central government has sent a team of doctors to investigate further.
India is battling a second wave of coronavirus.
By Richard Wood • Senior Journalist
10:19am Dec 7, 2020
A mystery illness in central India has hospitalised at least 300 people and killed one patient.
Symptoms of the unidentified condition in the town of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh include frothing, shivering, nausea and sudden loss of consciousness.
Officials said 300 people had been taken to hospital and one patient had died, reports The Times of India.
The wave of sudden illnesses began on Saturday when 45 people from different localities presented at hospitals and clinics with strange symptoms.
Those hospitalised included 46 children, some of whom started vomiting after complaining of burning eyes, reports the Indian Express.
Local media said all the patients had returned negative COVID-19 tests.
Many patients have been discharged but the cause of the illness has left authorities baffled.
Andhra Pradesh governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandran tweeted that he was concerned and had directed doctors to investigate.
But blood samples have not found any traces of a viral infection, State Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas said.
India has been hit by a second wave of coronavirus but it has been ruled out as being behind a mystery illness in one town. (AP)
While food or water contamination has been ruled out, the central government has sent a team of doctors to investigate further.
India is battling a second wave of coronavirus.
Mystery illness leaves children with 'burning eyes'
A mystery illness in central India has hospitalised at least 300 people and killed one patient.
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