Jaipur, April 8 -- Medical teams are conducting an on-ground investigation to determine the cause of an illness that has killed six children in Salumber and left 25 others hospitalised in Udaipur and Salumber as of Tuesday night after they developed fever.

Block Chief Health and Medical Officer (BCMO) Sintu Kumawat said that the teams are now screening children from schools and anganwadis and took samples from over 1,000 kids on Wednesday.

At least six toddlers - all of whom were aged between two and four years - have died in the last five days in Salumber's Ghata and Lalpura villages.

Manuram Meena, father of four-year-old Deepak, who died on April 1, said his son's health deteriorated within an hour and that doctors declared him dead...