Centre sends a multi-agency expert team to Gujarat and Rajasthan to investigate the Chandipura virus outbreak, including transmission, vectors and genome sequencing.

Twenty-two children have died from Chandipura virus in Gujarat this monsoon, with numerous suspected cases reported.

Health teams are spraying pesticides in animal husbandry areas to control sandflies, which spread the virus, state health minister Praful Panseriya said. | India News