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Aizawl: The death toll in the gastroenteritis or water-borne disease outbreak at a village in south Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district has risen to six, an official said on Sunday.

He said that the outbreak, which was believed to have been spread by visitors from Myanmar, was reported at Kakhichhuah, a small hamlet housing about 130 families which shares a border with that country, on November 4.

Since then, six people have succumbed and 84 others are currently infected with the disease, Lawngtlai district hospital medical officer Dr Malsawmtluanga said.

He said that a medical team has been stationed in the village since November 11 and close surveillance is being maintained to contain and prevent the outbreak from spreading further.

Noting that most cases were reported from househol

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