"After a thorough test by a medical team, it was established that they died of chicken pox and other diseases," Gumla, Deputy Commissioner, Rahul Sharma told PTI over phone.
The Deputy Commissioner denied media reports which claimed that a boy and a girl died of small pox.
Both of them suffered from chicken pox, the boy had epilepsy while the girl had gynaecological ailment, according to report of the medical team.According to the World Health Organisation the dreaded small pox disease has been eradicated from the world.
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