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NEW COVID? Mystery Fever Killing Kids Spreads to 30,000
Mystery Fever Killing Kids Spreads to 30,000 Amid Fears it Could Become New Covid
Dozens of people have died in the last week in Utter Pradesh, India, with already stretched hospitals now facing a battle a battle against a mystery bug
BBC News 4 SEP 2021
Dozens of people have died in the last week in Utter Pradesh, India, with already stretched hospitals now facing a battle a battle against a mystery bug
Some experts believe the outbreak could be caused by the mosquito-borne viral infection dengue
A mystery fever which has killed dozens of children and spread to more than 30,000 people in India has sparked fears of a new Covid-like epidemic.
Just as the country appears to be getting to grips with the devastating coronavirus second wave, some districts across the northern state of Utter Pradesh have been hit with a different infection.
For more than a week now, children have been waking up with a high fever and drenched in sweat.
Other symptoms reported joint pains, headaches, dehydration and nausea, while some cases have seen rashes spreading across legs and arms.
Several districts across the northern state of Utter Pradesh have been hit with the mystery fever
According to the World Health Organization (WHO): "The combined impact of Covid-19 and dengue epidemics can potentially result in devastating consequences for the populations at risk."
Some reports, however, suggest the deaths could be the result of scrub typhus, reports India Today.
It is spread through bites from infected mites and there were significant outbreaks in India in 2003 and 2007, with severe cases requiring hospitalisation.
There is no vaccine but doxycycline and antibiotics are used as treatments.
India has seen nearly 440,000 Covid deaths with the Delta variant in particular spreading like wildfire.
Uttar Pradesh is home to more than 200 million people, and where there is widespread poor standards of sanitation.
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