Aizawl, Dec. 24 -- : The Cholera situation in south Mizoram has worsened with four fresh deaths reported this week in Lawngtlai district, taking the overall toll to 13 in Lawngtlai and neighbouring Siaha districts since November. The renewed fatalities have prompted district administrations to impose strict restrictions, including the sealing of international borders with Myanmar.
Officials in Lawngtlai said the district had recorded six cholera-related deaths in November, while four more patients died in recent days at the Lairam Christian Medical Centre (LCMC) in Lawngtlai town. As of Wednesday, seven patients with cholera-like symptoms were undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Following two recent deaths and the hospitalisation of fiv...