The State Government on Friday set up a Central Control Cell to monitor the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and treatment of JE-virus affected children.
The cell, formed on direction of Health and Family Welfare Secretary Arti Ahuja, would be headed by the National Health Mission (NHM) Managing Director.
So far, the disease has claimed 40 lives in the last 29 days and, thus, taken an epidemic proportion in tribal dominated Malkangiri district.