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According to doctors, patients have complained of a variety of symptoms, from nausea to loss of consciousness, the BBC reports.
The cause of the disease, which affected many residents of Eluru town over the weekend, is still being clarified. People with signs of an unknown illness began being transported to hospitals on Saturday, reaching 315 on Sunday night.
India continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the second largest in the world.
Andra Pradesh is one of the worst affected states in India, with 800,000 infections, the third highest in the country.
Still, people were transported to hospitals over the weekend not by Covid-19. Andra Pradesh State Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas said coronavirus tests were negative in all patients affected by the mysterious disease.
“People, especially children, suddenly felt burning eyes and then started vomiting. Some fainted or had seizures, “a doctor from Eluru State Hospital told The Indian Express.
70 people have been discharged from home treatment facilities, 157 remain in treatment.
The chief minister of state, Jaganmohan Reddy, said that a team of doctors and researchers had been sent to Eluru to explain the strange cause of the disease. The minister plans to visit the city and meet with patients and their loved ones.
According to the state health minister, the patients’ blood tests did not show a viral infection.
“We have ruled out water or air pollution as a possible cause after officials visited areas where people got sick,” he said. “It is a mysterious disease, only laboratory tests will reveal what it is.”
It is true that the opposition Telugu Desam party believes that the cause of the disease is contamination and is calling for an investigation.
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