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Chicken pox claims 38 lives in four months

In spite of vaccinations, the breaking out of chicken pox has rung alarm bells in most districts of UP. The situation is so serious that in the first four months of the year, some 38 people have lost their lives to the scourge with 700 patients presently under treatment in the state. Medical authorities blame the frequent changes in weather for the increasing incidence of chicken pox.

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