Japanese Encephalitis -- India
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Bihar has now reported 9 cases of acute encephalitis syndrome [AES], also known as brain fever, which killed more than 300 children in the state last year [2019].
Last month [March 2020], a 3-year-old boy died due to acute encephalitis syndrome at the ICU of state-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Muzaffarpur around 48 hours after his admission, said Gopal Shankar Sahni, the head of the pediatric department of the facility.
The SKMCH
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