Article 5BAXY Mystery illness puts 450 in hospital in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

Mystery illness puts 450 in hospital in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

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Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
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One patient died, and officials looking into possible food or water contamination

One person has died and more than 450 have been admitted to hospital with a mystery illness in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Over the weekend hundreds of people in Eluru, a town in the southern state, collapsed and experienced seizures and nausea, and some reportedly foamed at the mouth.

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