One dead, several taken ill by diarrhea in Jajarkot

One person has died and several others fallen ill due to diarrhea in Jajarkot in the past week.

The deceased has been identified as Dharmi Shahi, 22. At least 700 persons were treated in the past week alone. Reports say, the disease that started since early April from remote villages of Nayakbada has spread in most of the villages now.
During the same season last year, more than 200 persons had died due to diarrhea in Jajarkot.
The fear that the disease might take an epidemic form, this year too, is looming large in the district