Overview
- Indore authorities report at least 10 deaths and more than 270 hospitalizations after contaminated tap water sickened residents in the Bhagiratpura area.
- Preliminary tests detected high levels of fecal bacteria, with officials saying sewage from a public toilet likely leaked into the drinking-water pipeline.
- Several city officials were suspended, health teams screened 2,456 people and provided on-the-spot care, and local media cited a higher death toll and 32 ICU cases that remain unconfirmed.
- In Mongolia, the food and agriculture minister ordered vaccine storage and transport rules enforced through to herders’ localities, as Biokombinat flagged a 3.5 billion MNT need to overhaul its dry-vaccine line and the state veterinary lab highlighted new international accreditations.
- Mongolia’s five-day forecast warns of snow, strong winds and night temperatures down to −38°C, while experts urge dedicating about 1% of GDP to nature protection to strengthen resilience.