Mystery illness puts 450 in hospital in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/andhra-pradesh-eluru-m...

On the role of organochlorine in being the disease-triggering agent, an official told PTI, “Mostly yes, but we are waiting for the laboratory report (for confirmation).

This is radioactivity, the source is a Cs-137 canister lost in January, 2019. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/container-with-rad...

Nope, seems like the source was pesticide production:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25343122

Good guess though... -_-

Do you have any source that confirms lost Cs-137 has caused this?

Seizures, nausea, and foaming at the mouth?

I'm going to guess some kind of synthetic chemical leak.

You might be right. I’m suddenly reminded of the grim legacy of Bhopal disaster (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster).

Me too.

Better source https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/07/asia/india-mystery-illnes...

Oh, no Covid-19? How's that even possibile?