A second person has died in Maharashtra due to suspected Guillain-Barré Syndrome, raising the total number of fatalities to 16. Health officials have reported over 100 cases in Pune, with a team of expert doctors from the central government assisting in managing the situation.

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,

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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.