While the pandemic just experienced cannot be said to be completely over yet, new viruses seem to be spreading all the time and now the bacterium responsible for cholera has also been found in a municipality in Nepal.
Il cholera it is a highly infectious disease that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting, leading to dehydration which can even lead to death within hours. Indeed, the World Health Organization considers disease as a global threat to public health, but also as an indicator of inequality and lack of social development.
As far as the cholera whether it has been eradicated in several countries, the disease has not completely disappeared. And now there have been some first cases in Nepalwhich seem to be growing, starting to alarm.
Traces of the bacterium responsible for cholera found in Nepal
Precisely in the waters of Kathmandu, several cases of cholera in drinking water. The water from different places was analyzed and unfortunately the result was the least desirable.
Not only that, but also the drinking water of Bagbazar would be contaminated and whoever is in duty is collecting samples of water to analyze and understand what the situation is like in the whole region.
The result of the test on the water conducted by the municipality of Budhanilkantha was as follows: 72% of water is polluted and there is 15% of contaminated water in the jars.
Meanwhile, around June 20, 2022, the first cases of affections were found and the latest update regarding the infected dates back to June 26, when two other cases of cholera found in the valley of Kathmandu. This gives the total number of cholera cases in Nepal is equal to 10.
The Kathmandu District Health Office said new cases were found in Naikap and Patan. Meanwhile, public health experts warn of the real risk of choleraof course, also because it is one disease which could very easily result in an’epidemic.
Meanwhile, various measures have been taken especially for cleaning and attention to prevent and deal with the diseasethen the water tests and the various controls are continuing to catch any possible spread of the cholera.