Samples from Kapilvastu villages brought to Kathmandu for tests

Two people have died of a diarrhoea-like outbreak that started on Monday night. Doctors suspect cholera, which the local laboratory failed to confirm.

Samples of drinking water and stools of the infected people from wards 7, 8 and 9 of Krishnanagar Municipality in Kapilvastu district that have been hit by a diarrhoea-like outbreak were sent to Kathmandu for tests on Thursday after the Lumbini Provincial Hospital could not diagnose the disease.