DIMAPUR, AUGUST 6 (MExN): Council of Naga Affairs, Myanmar on Saturday said the Myanmar Government would dispatch two troops of Myanmar Army to provide security for the medical teams expected to arrive from Nagaland.
The Naga Self Administered Zone (SAZ) government is also preparing motorbikes for the medical teams to reach the affected villages on time.
CNA president Athong Makury said medical team from the Indian side of Nagaland, under the aegis of Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) and Naga Hoho assisted by the Government of Nagaland has confirmed to come to the affected villages under Naga Self Administered Zone (SAZ), Sagaing Region.
The death toll from the outbreak of an undiagnosed disease had risen to 40 as on Friday. Almost all the victims were children, mostly below five years of age. The deaths were reported from nine Naga villages under Lahe and Nanyun townships.
On Friday, Dr Than Tun Aung, Deputy Director General of Union Health Care had reportedly confirmed to the Council over telephone that the disease have been diagnosed as ‘measles.’ However, speculation remains whether the disease is just measles because the affected children had specks of bloods coughing out, which is a strange symptom, Makury, said.
Meanwhile, members of Naga civil societies from Nagaland when contacted on their preparedness said they were still trying to mobilize a medical team to volunteer to go to affected villages in Myanmar.
It is learnt that even the Indian Medical Council has been approached for assistance. However, till the filing of this report, the exact status of when the medical team from Nagaland would leave for the affected villages in Myanmar could not be ascertained.
The Nagas from Myanmar through the CNA has appealed the Nagas from India, specifically from Nagaland to come to their rescue with medical aid.
The killer disease was first detected on June 14 last after a ten-year old girl from Thankholama village under Lahe township succumbed to it.
