West Bengal Health Department issued guidelines for hospitals, while experts assured that the situation remains under control and not a cause for panic.

Chartered accountant Pravin Vibhute, 41, passed away on Monday, leaving behind his mother, younger brother Prashant, and wife and two daughters, aged 9 and 5.

Maharashtra has so far reported two suspected deaths and 127 suspected cases of the rare neurological condition Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), while other parts of the country appear relatively unaffected, except for West Bengal, where doctors suspect GBS to be the underlying cause of illness in some children.

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The GBS is also suspected to be behind the death of a 48-year-old man and a 17-year-old youth in West Bengal. 2 other children diagnosed with GBS in the state are currently on ventilator support

Meanwhile, four more children suffering from suspected GB syndromes were undergoing treatment at the BC Roy Hospital and Institute of Child Health, reportedly.

One person is believed to have died in India's Maharashtra state in an outbreak of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - a neurological disease that causes numbness, weakness and pain - and the number of cases is rising,

A 41-year-old chartered accountant from Pune has become the first confirmed casualty of the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) outbreak in the city, with cases rising to 111 in just under three weeks. The Maharashtra health department has involved experts from Delhi and Bengaluru to assess the situation and guide public health measures.