Overview
- In Indore, officials reported 10 deaths and more than 270 hospitalizations from gastrointestinal illness after contaminated tap water reached households, with 32 patients in intensive care.
- A preliminary probe points to sewage from a public toilet infiltrating drinking-water pipelines, and laboratory tests detected high levels of fecal bacteria in supplied water.
- Several city officials were placed on temporary leave pending investigation as residents' earlier complaints about foul-smelling water resurfaced and national political criticism intensified.
- Madhya Pradesh authorities conducted door-to-door screening, identifying 2,456 people with possible symptoms and providing on-the-spot first aid, according to the chief minister.
- In Mongolia, the food and agriculture minister ordered vaccine storage and transport rules enforced to the herder level and urged no cuts to vaccination funding, while Biocombinat’s dry-vaccine workshop seeks 3.5 billion MNT for modernization and the national veterinary lab—accredited to three international standards—validated 769 product series last year.