Six cases of Hepatitis A reported in Anantnag

Six cases of Hepatitis A reported in Anantnag

Press Trust Of Kashmir Srinagar Dec 11 :-Six cases of Hepatitis A have been reported in Turka Tachloo village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

An official said that six cases of Hepatitis A have been reported in the village among them two have died while four are under observation.

He said that Turka Tachloo is part of Anantnag district, however, it comes under jurisdiction of Kulgam in terms of Health and PHE.

He said that during random sampling, six were suspected and four were confirmed that they have hepatitis A which is a water brone disease.

He said that all these six are students of single school and it is being ascertained which water they were using and everything is being observed.

Majority of the samples have been found negative while six so far are positive among them two have died while four are stable, he said.