Bhubaneswar, Jan. 7 -- Amid rising jaundice infections among students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Khordha district, Odisha's Public Health Director Dr. Nilakantha Mishra, on Wednesday, said health authorities are actively investigating the situation and have stepped up preventive measures to contain the spread.

"Our teams are visiting schools and doing inspections. We are testing and finding out how it spread in school, and preventive measures are being taken," Dr Mishra told ANI on Wednesday, as concerns grew following multiple positive cases reported from the residential school.

State Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling on Monday assured the public that the health crisis at a residential school in Khurda is stabilising, with do...