Health experts are voicing fears of disease outbreaks, and the main hospital in the state capital Patna reported scores of patients turning up with symptoms of waterborne viral diseases such as hepatitis. PATNA, India: India battled on Tuesday to bring food and drinking water to millions of flood victims as South Asia抯 swollen rivers recede leaving a death toll of around 1,900 and a trail of destruction and fears of epidemics.
The United Nations and charity Oxfam said millions of dollars in aid were needed to get relief supplies to some of the 28 million people displaced across India, Bangladesh and Nepal by the worst monsoon-triggered flooding in decades. In India抯 Bihar state, more than 12 million people have seen their homes and farmland partially or totally submerged after the worst flooding in 30 years.read more
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment