‘Mystery’ Fever Claims Over 80 Lives, Uttar Pradesh on High Alert

An unknown fever has claimed 84 lives as of 21 September 2018, reported NDTV. The cases have been reported from across Uttar Pradesh in the last six weeks.

The report cites the example of a 12-year-old boy in Bareilly who came down with high fever. His father told NDTV:

His body was burning. I initially took him to the village doctor, but there was no improvement in his condition. Although I took him to the district hospital after that, he did not survive.