An outbreak of Hepatitis E has killed at least 12 people and left 4,089 others unwell, officials in the western Indian state of Maharashtra said.
The outbreak happened in Ichalkaranji, a city of 300,000 people.
“The cause of the outbreak is contaminated water from the Panchganga river,” Dr LS Patil, a senior government doctor in the region, said.
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