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Anthrax strikes again, 1 dies
Saturday June 14 2008 13:37 IST
Express News Service
JEYPORE: The dreaded anthrax continues to haunt the tribals of Semiliguda block. In a fresh outbreak of the disease a tribal of Hadiguda village died and 12 others were affected on Thursday.
The villagers of Hadiguda had taken raw meat four days back and sometime later their bodies started swelling. However, one Rabi Sisa of the village succumbed even before getting treatment. Meanwhile, a medical team has rushed to the village.
The disease was found among the tribals of Mantriput, Kudugam and Kontaguda in the past one month and two were killed of Anthrax while over 100 were afflicted in the three villages.
The intensity of the disease was curbed then but the fresh outbreak has once again put the administration on its toes.
Sources said despite several appeals by the government and private agencies Semiliguda?s populace has been consuming raw meat of cattle on different occasions leading to the outbreak of the disease and onset of monsoon has only aggravated the situation.
Five blocks of Koraput district Laxmipur, Dasmantpur, Lamtaput, Semiliguda and Naryanpatana are anthrax prone areas where every year 50 persons die of the disease and over 1000 tribals get afflicted.
The Centre had sent a medical team to report on the anthrax situation in Koraput a few months back and open a research centre on the disease but it is yet to materialise.
Anthrax strikes again, 1 dies
Saturday June 14 2008 13:37 IST
Express News Service
JEYPORE: The dreaded anthrax continues to haunt the tribals of Semiliguda block. In a fresh outbreak of the disease a tribal of Hadiguda village died and 12 others were affected on Thursday.
The villagers of Hadiguda had taken raw meat four days back and sometime later their bodies started swelling. However, one Rabi Sisa of the village succumbed even before getting treatment. Meanwhile, a medical team has rushed to the village.
The disease was found among the tribals of Mantriput, Kudugam and Kontaguda in the past one month and two were killed of Anthrax while over 100 were afflicted in the three villages.
The intensity of the disease was curbed then but the fresh outbreak has once again put the administration on its toes.
Sources said despite several appeals by the government and private agencies Semiliguda?s populace has been consuming raw meat of cattle on different occasions leading to the outbreak of the disease and onset of monsoon has only aggravated the situation.
Five blocks of Koraput district Laxmipur, Dasmantpur, Lamtaput, Semiliguda and Naryanpatana are anthrax prone areas where every year 50 persons die of the disease and over 1000 tribals get afflicted.
The Centre had sent a medical team to report on the anthrax situation in Koraput a few months back and open a research centre on the disease but it is yet to materialise.
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