JE infected girl dies
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, August 04 2019:
Sanasam Sanathoi (13), d/o S Ibomcha of Thoubal Kshetri Leikai, who was admitted at RIMS on August 1 after reportedly infected by Japanese Encephalitis (JE), has expired this noon.
Speaking to media persons while attending the last rites of the young girl, member of SECDO, Thoubal Kshetri Leikai, N Naocha said that though preventive measures like fogging and Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) have been conducted at Thoubal Kshetri Leikai, no such measures is initiated at its adjacent villages, which have also also become vulnerable to the disease.
Stating that over 10 cases of JE have been confirmed in the district alone, he appealed the Medical Department and authorities concerned to take up precautionary measures to address the plight of the villagers.