Overview
- Authorities confirmed five deaths between October 14 and 20, including a two-month-old infant, with roughly 20 more villagers falling ill with vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and weakness.
- The incident was reported to the district on October 21 due to the village’s lack of road and mobile connectivity, prompting immediate deployment of medical teams.
- Teams from Narayanpur, Bijapur/Bhairamgarh and Orchha reached the village, set up a health camp and began treatment and referrals.
- Health workers examined 25 residents on October 21, diagnosing 20 with vomiting and diarrhoea and two with malaria, while one 60-year-old woman was admitted to the Bhairamgarh health centre.
- The administration distributed medicines, safe drinking water and hygiene kits, continues surveillance and treatment, and has not reported definitive laboratory confirmation of the exact source.