India, Feb. 17 -- Authorities in Haryana's Palwal district have declared a health emergency in Chayansa village after at least six deaths were reported due to liver-related complications over the past month amid what officials suspect is a hepatitis outbreak, which they have not yet been able to identify the source of.

Official records show of the 15 deaths reported between January 6 and February 11, six deaths were clinically attributed to acute Hepatitis B, jaundice, or acute liver failure with hepatic encephalopathy. Four among those who died from liver-related complications, including children as young as 12 years old, tested positive for Hepatitis B.

To be sure, not all 15 fatalities were linked to hepatitis with several others bei...