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Cholera outbreak News
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Two persons died and more than 40 are being treated at a hospital after allegedly drinking contaminated water in the Shahapura taluk of Yadgir district in Karnataka.
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Two million doses of oral cholera vaccine from the Gavi-funded global stockpile were delivered to the southern African country in January, enough to immunize one million people.
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The epidemic has spread rapidly because of the deterioration in hygienic and sanitary conditions and the disruption of water supply in the country, which has suffered an armed conflict since 2014, the WHO said.
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The cholera outbreak in Yemen, which has killed over 2,000 people, has started to recede but there was still no grounds for complacency regarding the health situation in the country, according to the Unicef.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has expected the suspected cases of cholera in Yemen to reach 600,000 by the end of 2017.
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The Arab League (AL) warned on Thursday against the growing cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen, urging the international community to respond to the pleas of UN organisations to control the epidemic.
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Saudi Arabia has planned to shell out millions of dollars to stem a serious outbreak of cholera in Yemen.
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Two thirds of the total population, around 19 million, need humanitarian and protection aid.
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The WHO on Sunday said the number of suspected cases has increased to 116,700, 14,880 more than on June 8, reports Efe news.
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The toll has rapidly increased after WHO put the figure at 532 and the number of suspected cases at 65,300 on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Cholera is a highly contagious bacterial infection spread through contaminated food or water.
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Hospitals in the city, which is controlled by the Shia Houthi rebels, are crowded with cholera patients, the BBC quoted the Red Cross as saying.
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Hospitals are struggling to accommodate the patients as the influx is increasing day by day.
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At least 22 people were killed in a cholera outbreak in South Sudan representing a case fatality rate of (CFR) of 2.49 per cent, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday.
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