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Shillong: One more person died due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Meghalaya on Wednesday, taking the toll to four, while 66 have tested positive for the disease, officials said. Jobath A.
Sangma, who had tested positive for Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, passed away at his residence in West Garo Hills district, District Magistrate Ram Singh told IANS. “Sangma was working as National Rural Livelihood Mission cluster coordinator in Rongra, South Garo Hills district, where he must have got infected,” Singh said. Health Department officials said the first case of a patient dying of Japanese Encephalitis, which is also known as brain fever, was first reported in May. (IANS)Also Read: Awareness Camp on Japanese Encephalitis Held in Dollungmukh Circle, Arunachal Pradesh.