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Syrian Civil Defense: Hundreds infected with cholera post earthquake

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Syrian Civil Defense in opposition-held areas said, on Tuesday, that two people died due to an outbreak of cholera in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck southern Turkey...

South Africa reports 6 cholera cases, including 2 indigenous cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 As of 28 February 2023, a total of six confirmed cholera cases including one death have been reported in Gauteng Province. All cases are adults, ranging in age from 19 to 44 years....

Mozambique commences cholera vaccination drive as outbreak tops 5,000 cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Mozambique today kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720,000 people in eight districts as the country steps up control measures against an outbreak in which...

Nigeria reports more than 400 suspected cholera cases in January

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported 429 suspected cholera cases in 11 states in January 2023. The 11 states and corresponding cases include: Cross...

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Cholera epidemic in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A cholera epidemic was officially declared by the Governor of the province of North Kivu in December when the isolation of Vibrio cholerae among 140 of the 247 samples collected...

Zambia reports cholera outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On 21 January 2023, a male aged 22 from Kamtsekelo village, Zambia presented to Chikoma Health Centre (HC) with Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) and dehydration. On the same day, a 30-year-old...

Philippines reports increases in most infectious diseases in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Philippines Department of Health released the last Epidemic- prone Disease Case Surveillance (EDCS) report for 2022 today covering from January 1 to December 31 and it shows that...

Cholera in the Dominican Republic: Cases rise to 25, 85,000 vaccines expected

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MISPAS), reported this Wednesday six new cases of cholera and nine other suspects, all correspond to a family nucleus detected...

Cholera outbreak declared in Burundi

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On January 1, 2023, Burundi’s Minister of Public Health declared an outbreak of cholera in the East African country. In a press release, officials said nine suspected cases...

Cholera update in Hispaniola

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Haiti Since the notification of the first two confirmed cases of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the greaterPort-au-Prince area on 2 October 2022, to 7 January 2022, the Haiti Ministère de...