India Deploys Emergency Response Team as Chandipura Virus Kills 22 Children in Gujarat Monsoon Surge

The Union Health Ministry has deployed its National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) to investigate a deadly Chandipura virus outbreak sweeping Gujarat and Rajasthan, where 22 children have died in Gujarat this monsoon alone, according to the state health minister. The multi-institutional probe, involving several central agencies, is now intensifying as authorities race to contain what the government is calling a "critical public health threat."

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