Overview

• Health officials first logged cases in Dharmasala on June 9, with the death toll rising from one on June 10 to six by June 12 and over 500 people affected
• Rapid Action Teams and medical specialists from SCB Medical College and Maharaja Jajati Keshari Medical College have been dispatched to Dharmasala, Byasanagar, Danagadi, Korei and Rasulpur for treatment and surveys
• Rural Water Supply and Sanitation teams are disinfecting drinking sources while ASHA and Anganwadi workers distribute halogen tablets, ORS packets and essential medicines
• Chief District Medical Officer Prakash Chandra Bal identified contaminated water, food poisoning at mass feasts and indiscriminate consumption of rotten or ripe mangoes as likely triggers
• More than 20 critically ill patients have been transferred to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, and public announcements are urging residents to follow hygiene precautions