The Centre has constituted a multi-specialist high-level team which will visit Bihar on Wednesday to assist the state government in containment and management of the rising cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Gaya.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who reviewed the status of AES and JE cases in Bihar Tuesday, said he met state Health Minister Mangal Pandey recently and assured him of full support and assistance by the Centre.
Elaborating on the support being extended to state Vardhan said, "A multi-specialist high-level team has been constituted by the ministry which will reach Bihar on Wednesday."
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