Kathmandu, Aug. 28 -- At least 13 people from Pokharia Municipality in Parsa district have tested positive for cholera, which has been spreading across various wards of the nearby Birgunj Metropolitan City and other surrounding local units.

Some diarrheal patients at the provincial hospital in Kalaiya, in the neighbouring Bara district, have also tested positive for cholera.

"Though the pace of the spread of cholera has slowed, people are still getting infected with this potentially deadly disease," said Dr Prakash Budhathoki, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population. "Relevant agencies under all three tiers of government-federal, provincial and local-are working round the clock to contain the outbreak."

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