HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, July 15: Four more persons died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Assam on Friday, taking the toll to 23 this month, according to a daily bulletin by National Health Mission (NHM), Assam.
The state reported 16 more cases during the day taking the tally to 160 this month.
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Two deaths each were reported from Nalbari and Morigaon districts.
Four fresh cases were reported from Nagaon district, three each from Nalbari and Udalguri, two from Sivasagar and one each from Barpeta, Kamrup Metro, Karbi Anglong East and Hojai, the NHM bulletin said.
The state had recorded three deaths and 23 new JE cases on Thursday.
Principal secretary (Health) Avinash Joshi has directed all districts to form a District Rapid Response team on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and JE.
The Standard Operating Procedures and guidelines communicated by the National Health Mission, Assam are to be followed by all the districts for AES/JE case detection, management and referral, he said.
