Over 60 people ill due to "mysterious" disease in mid-western Nepal

KATHMANDU. May 12. KAZINFORM More than 60 people at Jaimakashala in Rolpa district in mid-western Nepal have been taken ill due to a mysterious disease that spread in the village three days ago, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

According to Tuesday's eKantipur.com, most of the victims are women, elderly and children. An official at the District Public Health Office informed that a team of health workers has been dispatched to the disease-hit area, some 270 km west of Kathmandu, to take stock of the situation and to offer treatment to the sick. All patients have similar symptoms of acute headache, fever and vomiting up blood, a health worker said. He said that the disease may have been caused due to consumption of polluted water and inadequate sanitation, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn for full version.