Watch: Bihar Health Minister asks for 'score' during meeting on AES deaths in viral video

A video purportedly showing Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey asking for score of India vs Pakistan cricket match during Sunday's meeting on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) deaths in the state has gone viral. Hundreds of people are tweeting about "insensitivity" of Pandey as AES death toll nears 100 in Bihar.

#WATCH Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey asks for latest cricket score during State Health Department meeting over Muzaffarpur Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) deaths. (16.6.19) pic.twitter.com/EVenx5CB6G

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Ninety-seven children had died and 146 were being treated for the disease in Bihar, which occurs in seasonal outbreaks every summer. State and central government authorities have said they are doing everything possible to treat the sick children.

Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, caused by any one of a number of viruses. Symptoms include high fever, vomiting and, in severe cases, seizures, paralysis and coma. Infants and elderly people are particularly vulnerable.

Five years ago, a similar outbreak killed about 380 people in Bihar, India's third most-populous state.