Mizoram Gastroenteritis Toll Climbs to Nine as Authorities Seal Myanmar Border

Overview

• Lawngtlai’s Kakichhuah reports six deaths, with three more fatalities in Siaha, according to district and state health officials.
• Movement across the border has been halted for two months and multiple villages, including Kakichhuah and Hruitezawl, are under containment with penalties warned for illegal crossings.
• Health teams examined 90 people in Kakichhuah, found 84 symptomatic, and report four patients currently under medical care.
• A stationed medical team continues treatment and surveillance, with ORS, IV fluids, and other supplies provided, alongside guidance to use boiled or purified water and maintain hygiene.
• Samples from patients and water sources were sent to Zoram Medical College for testing, and officials say preliminary assessments point to cross-border transmission as a possible trigger.