As Karondi Bai made rotis on a griddle in front of her, she also kept a firm hold of her toddler son who was clinging to her. A bandage was wrapped around his torso. “He has a boil. We took him to a private doctor, he is still not too well,” the worried 28-year-old told Gaon Connection.

The young mother is worried because between June 27 and July 2, three children in her neighbourhood have died, and 12 other children in Chandmari Basti, in Panna, Madhya Pradesh, where she lives, are very sick.

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