Three more children succumbed to the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Malkangiri on Monday, taking the death toll in the vector-borne disease to 111 in 67 days in the tribals-dominated district.
The day’s deceased were identified as Ramesh Bisoyi (3) of Kataguda village under Padia block, Muna Sodhi (1) of Sonkunda village under Korukonda block and Radhika Madkami (3) of Alur village.
All of them died while undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).
On the other hand, before going for vaccination, the district administration would conduct a door-to-door survey for three days from November 20. later, children aged between 1 and 15 years would be given vaccination from the first week of December. School teachers and ASHA and Anganwadi workers would be engaged for the programme.