A week after the strange disease broke out in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru, which has so far killed one person and sickened more than 600 people, analysis by various groups of experts found several abnormalities in the food they ate the victims. The state government is reviewing the reports and Andhra …
Read More »What do we know about Eluru’s mysterious illness?
Written by Sreenivas Janyala, edited by Explained Desk | Hyderabad | Updated: December 10, 2020 12:26:16 pm Young patients are treated in hospital beds at an Eluru hospital on December 9, 2020 (ANI / Reuters TV / via Reuters). More than 550 people in the town of Eluru, in the …
Read More »Traces of lead, nickel in blood samples
Written by Sreenivas Janyala | Hyderabad | Updated: December 9, 2020 8:36:17 am A victim on the way to Eluru’s hospital. (Express photo) IN THE MIDST of the fear of Covid-19, Eluru, a city in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh with a population of more than 3 lakhs, …
Read More »Eluru’s ‘Mysterious’ Illness: Excess Chlorine and Bleach Used in Covid Disinfection Campaigns May Have Contaminated Water, Experts Say
Written by Sreenivas Janyala | Hyderabad | Updated: December 9, 2020 10:10:19 pm Even citizens who regularly consume mineral water have been affected. Furthermore, the disease is not limited to the municipal area of Eluru. (Photo: AP) Andhra Pradesh Department of Health officials investigating the Mysterious disease that has affected …
Read More »Eluru’s mysterious illness: AIIMS finds traces of lead in blood samples of affected
Written by Sreenivas Janyala | Hyderabad | Updated: December 8, 2020 6:30:21 pm The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare sent a team to Eluru in the Western Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, where 340 people fell ill due to an unknown illness. (AP Photo) A preliminary report from the …
Read More »Did pesticides lead to mysterious diseases in Eluru of Andhra Pradesh? Probe on after more than 400 affected
Bhubaneswar: Andhra Pradesh authorities are investigating whether organochlorines used as pesticides or in mosquito control caused the death of one person and the hospitalization of more than 400 in the state in recent days, a health official said on Tuesday. The unknown disease has infected more than 300 children, and …
Read More »In Eluru de Andhra, a mysterious disease kills 1 person, 340 fall ill
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy visited patients receiving treatment at Eluru GH on Friday. It has been almost three days since 340 people in the Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh fell ill due to a mysterious illness and the government is still trying to find answers. Even as doctors …
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