Parsa, Sept. 4 -- Two weeks after the cholera outbreak in Parsa, the source of the outbreak has yet to be identified. Despite efforts from local, provincial and federal authorities, neither the spread has been fully controlled nor the origin traced.

Initially limited to Birgunj Metropolitan City, cholera has now been confirmed in Pokhariya Municipality, around 20 kilometres west of Birgunj.

According to the metropolitan office, 182 cases have been recorded in Birgunj as of Wednesday evening, with 10 patients still under treatment.

The District Health Office reported 13 confirmed cases in Pokhariya, bringing the district-wide total to 195. Altogether, 965 people have been treated for diarrhoea and cholera symptoms in Birgunj hospitals, ...