40 Children Among 50 To Die Of Dengue In UP District, Centre Sends Team

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has claimed that over 100 people had died from the 'viral fever' across the state.

At least 50 people, including 40 children, have died in western Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district in the last 10 days from dengue. The state government said the deaths were due to "Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever," which is a severe form of the disease. Other districts in western UP like Mathura and Agra have also reported a rise in dengue, with hospitals teeming with children who are suffering from viral fever and dehydration. "A team of the WHO has told me this is Hemorrhagic Dengue which is a very dangerous form of dengue. The platelet count of children collapses suddenly and there is a lot of bleeding," Chandra Vijay Singh, the district Magistrate of Firozabad said in a video statement on Thursday. A team of experts from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has been sent to Firozabad by the government of India to assist health officials.