Two children have died and 21 others have been infected by the disease that has reportedly spread to other villages since the last few days."Rotavirus caused the diarrheal outbreak in Dailekh," Dr Baburam Marasini, director at the EDCD, said. He informed that a team of health professionals, including a medical doctor, has already been mobilized in the disease-hit villages of the district to control the epidemic.
According to Dr Marasini, rotavirus is the most common cause of severe vomiting and diarrhea among infants and young children. He claimed that essential medicines to control the diarrheal outbreak have been sent with the health workers to bring the epidemic under control. Children under two years have been mostly affected by the disease. The diarrheal epidemic has spread to Lakendra and Bisalla VDCs from Tolijaisi. Dr Marasini said that the health workers will return only after the epidemic brought under control.
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