India, Nov. 21 -- Zoram Medical College and Hospital (ZMC&H) in Mizoram has confirmed that cholera-triggered gastroenteritis caused the deaths of six people in Lawngtlai and Siaha districts near the Indo-Myanmar border, prompting authorities to invoke the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, on November 12.

Samples from the patients and water from the village's traditional water source were sent to ZMC&H in Falkawn, near Aizawl, for laboratory testing.

"Samples from the patients and water from Kakichhuah village's traditional water sources were tested at Zoram Medical College & Hospital (ZMC&H) for laboratory testing, the laboratory confirmed that the outbreak of suspected gastroenteritis was caused by cholera," ZMC&H registrar Zorinsangi Varte...