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A mysterious fever seems to have gripped an Uttar Pradesh village, killing three children of a family within 48 hours, according to officials.

While the medical reports of the three children who died in Gularhiya Tola village of Nebua Naurangia block are awaited to ascertain the cause of death, health department officials are scurrying to find the cause of the deaths.

A team of doctors has been dispatched to the Kushinagar area to test other children for diseases like malaria and dengue, officials said on Saturday.

Pintu Gaur’s daughter Manju (7) took ill a week ago, prompting her family to take her to a doctor, officials shared. When she didn’t get better, she was taken to the district hospital, where she died on Wednesday.

Soon after, Gaur’s younger daughter, Khushi (3), also developed high fever. As her condition deteriorated, she was referred from the district hospital to BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, where she died on Friday morning.

 

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The third blow to the family came with the death of Krishna (5), the son of Gaur's elder brother Dashrath, who also came down with fever and died while being taken to Padrauna on Friday morning.

The suspicious deaths have caused alarm in the area, leading to the ealth department setting up a medical camp in the village and launching a probe into the cause of the deaths, the officials said.

Dr Ranjan Kumar Maurya, in-charge of the Nebua Naurangia Community Health Centre (CHC), said a medical team has been camping in the village for the past two days to examine and treat children, 57 of whom have been tested for malaria and dengue.

“The exact cause of the deaths will be confirmed only after the medical reports come,” he said.

The team has also sprayed disinfectants and bleaching powder in the affected areas and advised villagers to maintain cleanliness, officials said.