Saturday, February 19, 2011

Nipah in Bangladesh

Nipah encephalitis claimed 2 more lives at Rangpur Medical College
Hospital (RMCH) yesterday [14 Feb 2011] raising the death toll to 33.
One 8-year-old boy died at about 2:30 am while another, age 4, of
Banshbari village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, [died] around 10:00
am, said RMCH Director Arifur Rahman. They were admitted to the
hospital with high fever on Saturday [12 Feb 2011].

Since 31 Jan [2011], Nipah claimed the lives in 7 districts --
Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, Dinajpur and
Kushtia.

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