After Jagannath Prasad block, cholera has now been detected in Kabisurya Nagar town of Odisha's Ganjam district.
Out of 11 stool samples tested at the microbiology department of MKCG Medical College, two have tested positive of cholera, said Additional District Medical Officer (Public Health), R Jagadees Patnaik today.
While one cholera case was detected from Kabisurya Nagar town, the other was from nearby Baliasara. Medical officials sent test samples in view of the rampant spread of diarrhoea in nearby areas in the last 13 days.
Believed to have surfaced due to the consumption of contaminated water, the number of diarrhoea patients had grown since April 25 despite several measures by medical staff. While five patients were admitted in Kabisurya Nagar community health centre on Monday, one was admitted yesterday.
"There is no cause for panic due to detection of cholera. The situation is under control as we have taken several precautionary measures to arrest of spread of the disease," said Patnaik.
Medical officers in the community health centre in Kabisurya Nagara have also been alerted and health workers were asked to spread awareness among the people to maintain personnel hygiene and to consume the boiled water, said the ADMO.
Cholera was detected from Jagannath Prasad area where diarrhoea had affected over 150 people in 36 nearby villages. Water-borne disease had erupted in the area after they consumed pana (sweet water) during a festival.
The disease also hit Polasara and Sanakhemundi blocks, recently. ADMO (PH) said the disease was controlled in all affected areas.
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