There is still no letup in the continuing death of children due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) with one more children succumbing to the vector-borne disease Malkangiri district on Wednesday. With the day’s death, the toll reached 119 in the district.
The deceased was identified as Daniel Padiami (4) of Bataniguda village under Padia block in the district. The kid succumbed while undergoing treatment in the ICU of the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).
On the other hand, the three-day door-to-door survey in the district for vaccination drive against Japanese Encephalitis ended on Tuesday. As many as 890 teams were engaged to undertake the survey on November 20, 21, and 22 for identifying children in the 1-15 age group who would be vaccinated.
The vaccination programme would start from the first week of December.