Warangal in grip of viral fever

Fevers continue to rage through Warangal, Adilabad, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam and nearby areas this year too.

In Warangal, hundreds of people, mostly from Agency areas, are bedridden because of viral fever. This is the fifth consecutive year in which viral fever outbreaks have occurred in the district.

Dengue fever, malaria, brain fever or encephalitis, and Chikun Gunya have become all too common in the area because of the absence of sanitation and lack of medical care.

In 2003, when the viral outbreak reached epidemic proportions, more than 200 children died of encephalitis.

Around 50 people have died this year from various fevers, of which seven deaths occurred last month. However, local people claim that more people have died.

Agency areas of Eturnagaram, Govindaraopet, Tadwai, Mangapet, Kothaguda and Gudur are now reeling under the effects of the viral fevers.

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