MUMBAI, Jul 15 (NNN-PTI) – Cholera outbreak has claimed the lives of five persons from a single district, in India’s western state of Maharashtra, and another 181 people have fallen sick, state government officials said yesterday.
The water-borne disease outbreak was found in four villages in Amravati district of the state, 669 km east of Mumbai.
Maharashtra’s state government has deployed a team, to investigate the outbreak and provide guidance, and the state’s public health department, has sounded alert across the state, asking all districts to take adequate steps to curb the spread of the disease, amid rains and floods.– NNN-PTI
