NEW DELHI: At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said Monday.
The illness was detected Saturday evening in Eluru, an ancient city famous for its hand-woven products. Since then, patients have experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to loss of consciousness, doctors said.
A 45-year-old man who was hospitalized with symptoms similar to epilepsy and nausea died Sunday evening, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
Officials are trying to determine the cause of the illness. So far, water samples from impacted areas haven’t shown any signs of contamination, and the chief minister’s office said people not linked to the municipal water supply have also fallen ill. The patients are of different ages and have tested negative for COVID-19 and other viral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya or herpes.
An expert team deputed by the federal government reached the city to investigate the sudden illness Monday.
State chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy visited a government hospital and met patients who were ill. Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu demanded on Twitter an “impartial, full-fledged inquiry into the incident.”
Andhra Pradesh state is among those worst hit by COVID-19, with over 800,000 detected cases. The health system in the state, like the rest of India, has been frayed by the virus.
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Hundreds ill, 1 dead due to unidentified disease in India
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Hundreds ill, 1 dead due to unidentified disease in India
- The illness was detected Saturday evening in Eluru, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
- Patients have experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to loss of consciousness
Proposals on territorial concessions by Ukraine sent to Trump: Merz
BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday that US President Donald Trump had been sent a proposal on territorial concessions Ukraine is ready to make to end its war against Russia.
Merz said the proposal was sent after he and other European leaders had spoken by phone with Trump on Wednesday.
“It mainly concerns the question of what territorial concessions Ukraine is prepared to make,” Merz said. He cautioned however that ultimately “the Ukrainian president and the Ukrainian people have to answer the question.”
Merz, in a joint press conference with NATO chief Mark Rutte, said “it would be a mistake to force the Ukrainian president into a peace that his people will not accept after four years of suffering and death.”
On Wednesday, Trump expressed impatience with Ukraine and its European allies France, Britain and Germany.
Trump said “strong words” were exchanged in the phone call with Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Merz said that further talks with the Americans were planned this weekend and that an international meeting on Ukraine “could take place at the beginning of next week.”
“Whether the American government participates or not very much depends on the joint drafts of papers which are currently being worked on,” he said.
Merz said his conversation with Trump on Wednesday had “left the strong impression that he is ready to go down this path with us, because he knows that the Europeans and their interests have to be heard.”
Merz said the proposal was sent after he and other European leaders had spoken by phone with Trump on Wednesday.
“It mainly concerns the question of what territorial concessions Ukraine is prepared to make,” Merz said. He cautioned however that ultimately “the Ukrainian president and the Ukrainian people have to answer the question.”
Merz, in a joint press conference with NATO chief Mark Rutte, said “it would be a mistake to force the Ukrainian president into a peace that his people will not accept after four years of suffering and death.”
On Wednesday, Trump expressed impatience with Ukraine and its European allies France, Britain and Germany.
Trump said “strong words” were exchanged in the phone call with Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Merz said that further talks with the Americans were planned this weekend and that an international meeting on Ukraine “could take place at the beginning of next week.”
“Whether the American government participates or not very much depends on the joint drafts of papers which are currently being worked on,” he said.
Merz said his conversation with Trump on Wednesday had “left the strong impression that he is ready to go down this path with us, because he knows that the Europeans and their interests have to be heard.”
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