Over 200 people shifted to quarantine centres in Rajouri
Jammu: Over 200 individuals, who came in contact with the affected families of the 17 people who died due to the mysterious illness in Rajouri, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, have been quarantined as a precautionary measure today.
According to Kashmir Media Service, an official said four people, including three sisters, have been shifted to hospitals, with three airlifted to a hospital in Jammu.
Top health officials have identified a common factor among all those who lost their lives in Badhaal village as involvement of the brain and damage to the nervous system.
National Conference (NC) leader and local MLA Javaid Iqbal Choudhary has demanded the imposition of a medical emergency to save people and contain the spread of such a mysterious illness.
Over 200 individuals who came into contact with the affected families have been relocated to a quarantine centre set up in the building of a nursing college and GMC hospital in Rajouri.
These individuals have been moved away from the village as a precaution to break the chain, officials said.
Strict security measures have been implemented at the quarantine centre located in the nursing college building in Rajouri, designated specifically for quarantine purposes.
