Diarrhoea Outbreak

Thirty-two fresh cases of diarrhoea were reported in five villages in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, taking the total number of patients in the district to 242, an official said today.

At least 11 workers of a tea estate in Assam's Tinsukia district have died due to diarrhoea in the past one week.

The symptoms of the disease it causes include stomach pains, nausea or vomiting, low-grade fever and loss of appetite.

The "Easter-themed" cruise began in Peru on March 31 and ended in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday.

At least six people have died and 71 others are hospitalised due to diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water from open sources in several villages in Odisha's Rayagada district, officials said on Saturday.

Two persons have died due to diarrhoea and around 300 people are suffering from the infection in North 24 Parganas district's Kamarhati, with the West Bengal health department declaring a cholera outbreak in the area, a senior official said.

In a massive outbreak of gastroenteritis, 10 people have reportedly died in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Around 900 people have been hospitalised after drinking water supply in the town was reportedly found to be contaminated.

Out of the group, 41 suffered a sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhoea on Sunday.

Three persons have died in the past four days due to diarrhoea and at least a hundred are affected by it in Nagaland's Mon district.

The death toll due to diarrhoea outbreak in six villages in Mathura has mounted to 14 after a four year-old girl died of the disease today, an official said.

Seven persons, including two women, have died following an outbreak of diarrhoea and nearly hundred have taken ill in 12 villages in the tribal-dominated Ghansour block of Seoni district in the last three days.

A yellow fever outbreak in Angola that began late last year has killed 158 people, up from 50 a month ago, as deaths from the disease transmitted by mosquitoes accelerate, a World Health Organisation official said today.

The two-year Ebola epidemic which laid waste to communities across west Africa and killed more than 11,000 people is due to be declared over Friday with Liberia expecting the all-clear.

Deaths from infectious diseases like malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia are likely to soar in West African countries where a vast outbreak of Ebola has crushed health systems and killed nurses and doctors.

There have been 32 suspected cases of the sickness and diarrhoea bug among workers at the Athletes' Village in Glasgow ahead of the Commonwealth Games although no athletes or team officials have been affected.

Thirty-two fresh cases of diarrhoea were reported in five villages in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, taking the total number of patients in the district to 242, an official said today.

At least 11 workers of a tea estate in Assam's Tinsukia district have died due to diarrhoea in the past one week.

The symptoms of the disease it causes include stomach pains, nausea or vomiting, low-grade fever and loss of appetite.

The "Easter-themed" cruise began in Peru on March 31 and ended in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday.

At least six people have died and 71 others are hospitalised due to diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water from open sources in several villages in Odisha's Rayagada district, officials said on Saturday.

Two persons have died due to diarrhoea and around 300 people are suffering from the infection in North 24 Parganas district's Kamarhati, with the West Bengal health department declaring a cholera outbreak in the area, a senior official said.

In a massive outbreak of gastroenteritis, 10 people have reportedly died in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Around 900 people have been hospitalised after drinking water supply in the town was reportedly found to be contaminated.

Out of the group, 41 suffered a sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhoea on Sunday.

Three persons have died in the past four days due to diarrhoea and at least a hundred are affected by it in Nagaland's Mon district.

The death toll due to diarrhoea outbreak in six villages in Mathura has mounted to 14 after a four year-old girl died of the disease today, an official said.

Seven persons, including two women, have died following an outbreak of diarrhoea and nearly hundred have taken ill in 12 villages in the tribal-dominated Ghansour block of Seoni district in the last three days.

A yellow fever outbreak in Angola that began late last year has killed 158 people, up from 50 a month ago, as deaths from the disease transmitted by mosquitoes accelerate, a World Health Organisation official said today.

The two-year Ebola epidemic which laid waste to communities across west Africa and killed more than 11,000 people is due to be declared over Friday with Liberia expecting the all-clear.

Deaths from infectious diseases like malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia are likely to soar in West African countries where a vast outbreak of Ebola has crushed health systems and killed nurses and doctors.

There have been 32 suspected cases of the sickness and diarrhoea bug among workers at the Athletes' Village in Glasgow ahead of the Commonwealth Games although no athletes or team officials have been affected.