In Bihar, the 15 member central team of doctors and para medical staff has joined the team providing treatment to encephalitis affected children in Muzaffarpur. Union health ministry has decided to send five special teams of doctors and paramedics to Muzaffarpur to tackle the situation.
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state government has also asked pediatricians from Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Supaul to report at Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital in Muzaffarpur within 24 hours. Meanwhile some new suspected cases of AES have been reported in Bhagalpur, West Champaran, Vaishali and Samastipur districts.