KATHMANDU, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Two more persons have died of cholera that
has spread in southern Nepal's districts, local leading media group's website
eKantipur reported on Monday.
The two dead, who died on Sunday, were identified as Arjun Bahadur
Shrestha, 70 of the Kapilvastu, some 200 km west of capital Kathmandu, and Jukai
Ram, 70, of Barahaibijpur in Saptari district, some 190 southeast of Kathmandu.
As a result, the death toll has climbed to 11 and 26 in Kapilvastu and Saptari
districts respectively.
Local residents said the number of affected has been mounting day after
day, though the district health office said that the district of Saptari has
come out of the danger.
Meanwhile, around 100 persons have been affected in Banke district, some
365 km west of Kathmandu.
Although diarrhea continues to spread in several districts in Nepal, Nepali
epidemiologists and officials said it has not taken the dimension of
concentrated epidemic.
