Bangla Press Desk: India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne "brain-eating" amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala.
Numbers are still tiny but Altaf Ali, a doctor who is part of a government task force to arrest the spread, told AFP that officials were "conducting tests on a large scale across the state to detect and treat cases".
Officials reported 19 deaths and 72 infections of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba this year, including nine deaths and 24 cases in September alone.
Last year, the amoeba killed nine people out of 36 reported cases.
India health alert after 'brain-eating' amoeba rise
Banglapress
Published: 23 September 2025, 10:26 AM
Bangla Press Desk: India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne "brain-eating" amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala.
Numbers are still tiny but Altaf Ali, a doctor who is part of a government task force to arrest the spread, told AFP that officials were "conducting tests on a large scale across the state to detect and treat cases".
Officials reported 19 deaths and 72 infections of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba this year, including nine deaths and 24 cases in September alone.
Last year, the amoeba killed nine people out of 36 reported cases.
[Bangla Press is a global platform for free thought. It provides impartial news, analysis, and commentary for independent-minded individuals. Our goal is to bring about positive change, which is more important today than ever before.]
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
International
White House Dinner Shooting: Trump Believed to Be Target, Says US Source
1 hour ago
by Bangla Press
International
Hunger Crisis Deepens as War, Drought, Aid Cuts Take Toll: Report
2 days ago
by Bangla Press
Sangeet Academy
