Death toll of hepatitis B outbreak in India reaches 60 _English_Xinhua

Death toll of hepatitis B outbreak in India reaches 60 _English_Xinhua: "NEW DELHI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The toll of what is one of India's worst liver disease outbreaks has attained 60 in the mainly man-caused hapatitis-B outbreak in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said a senior health official Friday.

'With the death of one person on Wednesday, the total death toll in the hepatitis-hit Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat reached 60 while the total number of persons affected by the liver disease has reached 241,' said the health official in New Delhi."