Hyderabad, July 03: An outbreak of viral fever in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh has claimed the life of 25 children in the last fortnight with two more dying at Niloufer Hospital here, official sources said. However, doctors dealing with the disease clarified that the outbreak is not a mysterious fever as reported in media, saying that such fevers are normal phenomena when weather changes. Niloufer hospital superintendent Dr N C K Reddy told a news agency here today that Raju (11) of Pedapalli and Ravali (7) of Sultanabad died yesterday due to viral fever.

Four children were admitted to the hospital on Tuesday with high fever, he said adding the condition of the other two -- Ramya and Anil -- was now "stable".

Doctors have sent blood samples to the national institute of virology at Pune, Reddy said.
Allaying the fear among the public about the "fever" he said "there is no mysterious fever. Because of changing weather such fevers are normal and mostly children are affected during this particular period".
Bureau Report