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41 fall ill as Anand town in the grip of cholera
Anand town is experiencing a cholera outbreak, with 41 suspected cases reported. The Anand district collectorate declared the town and a 10km surrounding area as a “cholera-affected” zone under the Epidemic Diseases Act. Four out of the 41 suspected patients have tested positive for cholera. Chief district medical officer Dr. Dipak Parmar stated that in a population of 19,450, 41 cases of diarrhoea and vomiting emerged, with four confirmed as cholera. Health officials have formed 25 teams for health checks, distributed 967 chlorine tablets, and 102 ORS packets, and conducted chlorine tests and water sample analyses, identifying four cholera-positive samples.