Twelve persons have been tested positive for cholera in Kathmandu Valley. 

Dr Chuman Lal Das, Director at the Department Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, said that 12 persons of different places have been tested positive for cholera.

“Cholera has been detected in Dillibazaar, Bagbazaar, Kapan, Thankot, Balkhu, Naikap and Sanepa among other places of Kathmandu,” he said. 

The two patients, who were admitted to Teku Hospital on June 16, were tested positive for the deadly disease. Cholera has been confirmed in stool samples of the patients. Both of them are from the same family. 

The Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has urged the general public to be vigilant to control cholera. 

Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. People can get sick when they eat food or drink water contaminated with cholera bacteria. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe and life-threatening.