Mysterious illness, over 200 moved to quarantine centres in Rajouri

Over 200 individuals, who came in contact with the affected families of the 17 people who died due to the mysterious illness in Rajouri, have been quarantined as a precautionary measure, an official said on Thursday.

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 on Thursday demanded the imposition of a medical emergency to save people and contain the spread of such a mysterious illness.