Mystery illness reported near Eluru: 22 people fall ill, AP Deputy CM suspects conspiracy
India
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021, 16:57 [IST]
Amaravati (AP), Jan 22: At least 22 people fell ill in Eluru city and a nearby mandal headquarters in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday but Deputy Chief Minister (Health) A K K Srinivas suspected there could be a conspiracy behind it.
This comes more than a month after several hundred people in Eluru fell ill with symptoms of nausea in the first week of December last year.
The Deputy Chief Minister, who visited Poolla in West Godavari district and enquired about the situation from the victims families,said they could not rule out a conspiracy behind the outbreak of the mysterious illness.
Less than 50 per cent of the targeted beneficiaries turned up for coronavirus vaccination in Andhra Pradesh on the second day on Sunday, but that was the highest in the country.
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State Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar said the first consignment of vaccine doses would be used to vaccinate about 3.87 lakh health care workers in the first round beginning January 16.
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