GUWAHATI: With the death of at least 63 people due to Japanese encephalitis in Assam in the last 37 days, Assam government has formed a District Rapid Response team on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and JE.
Informing that three fresh deaths were reported from Nagaon district on Saturday, the national health mission officials said that fresh infections were reported from 10 districts including Cachar, Dibrugarh and Kamrup Metro.
Pointing out that the health department has taken various steps to deal with the disease, the National Health Mission (NHM) in a statement said that since July 1, at least 63 people have died after being infected by the vector-borne disease in more than 22 of the state’s 35 districts.
The NHM officials further said that they have directed the district authorities to constitute District Rapid Response Teams and accordingly, these were constituted to keep a close watch on the situation and to take preventive measures.
Japanese encephalitis and malaria kill many people in Assam every year, specifically during the monsoon season that usually starts in May and stretches up to October.
