Gujarat is grappling with a mysterious fever outbreak affecting seven villages in the Kutch district, which has claimed 14 lives, including six children. The state's Health Ministry also reported 48 new cases in the region between September 3 and 10. Experts suspect the outbreak may be linked to the recent heavy rainfall in the district. Some symptoms of the mysterious fever resemble pneumonitis.
While the Animal Husbandry Department denied zoonotic diseases as a cause, the Health Department ruled out communicable disease outbreaks due to the lack of infection cluster. Samples from the patients were sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune and the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Center in Gandhinagar for detailed analysis. In response to the emergency, the Health Ministry has deployed a cardiologist, two other specialists, and 50 medical teams headed by MBBS doctors to the…
