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Unidentified illness hospitalizes more than 300 people in India

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An unidentified illness has hospitalized more than 300 people in southeastern India, including one who has died, according to local officials investigating the cases.

Patients in the city of Eluru, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, reported a range of symptoms including seizures, loss of consciousness and some nausea over the weekend, said Dolla Joshi Roy, the district surveillance officer of Eluru's West Godavari District. 

This comes as India continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, with the world's second-highest number of infections. Andhra Pradesh is one of the worst-affected states, and currently has more than 800,000 confirmed cases. 

But Covid-19 wasn't the cause of the mass hospitalizations over the weekend. 

"All patients have tested negative for Covid-19," said Roy, adding that about 180 patients have now been discharged, while the rest are "stable." The patient who died had reported similar symptoms to the others, but then had a fatal but unrelated cardiac arrest, she said.

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unfortunately diseases like this were long overdue, the 21st century is going to be interesting

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8 minutes ago, The Fame said:

I wonder if it's some sort of chemical/gas leak type situation.

Given the symptoms described in the article, this sounds like a plausible explanation; or maybe I am just being naïve and not wanting to admit the possibility  of another pandemic :selena:

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