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Publication Reporting Alert ID Place Name News Source/Publication Language Date Date www.deccanherald.com/English https://www.deccanherald.com/national/ea 5917 09.06.2020 09.06.2020 st-and-northeast/three-die-of-malaria-in- manipur-12-more-cases-reported- 847379.html Three die of malaria in Manipur, 12 more cases Title: reported Action By CSU, IDSP Information communicated to DSU-Churachandpur, SSU-Manipur –NCDC

Three persons, including a woman and a girl, died of malaria in Manipur this season, while 12 more cases of the vector-borne disease were reported on Monday, an official said.

of the 12, seven were detected in and five in , he said. A 47-year-old man from Tuikot, a remote village in Churachandpur, died of cerebral malaria recently, while a 40- year-old woman and a girl from Taokuokluang village a far- flung area in , have succumbed to the disease on June 7 and June 3 respectively. Medical teams were rushed to these villages in the hills to conduct tests and make people aware of the disease. "Adequate measures have been taken and necessary medicines have been provided to the villagers," the official said.

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