Unidentified disease claims 26 in 2 months at Parsa village

At least six children died and 50 others have been suffering from a disease that resembles measles in the past two weeks at Somdiha-7 and 8 in the district. According to District Public Health Office (DPHO), three-year-old Sanju Chaudhary, five-year-old Rinka Yadav, one-and-a-half-year-old Janaki Raidas, two-year-old Aakash Kori, 10-month-old Amit Yadav and one-year-old Rina Yadav died of the disease. Local Sahasram Yadav said the kids showed the symptoms of fever, diarrhoea and skin infections. Yadav said around 50 children from two dozen households have been affected by the disease. Senior Auxiliary Health Worker Sumendra Joshi said the disease is like measles but some kids have also shown symptoms of pneumonia. Meanwhile, Bishnu Jaishawal, officiating chief at the DPHO, said health workers have been providing treatment to the ailing children.