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Taiwan reports 1st locally acquired cholera case of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the first local confirmed case of cholera of 2023. The patient, a man in his 20s, developed symptoms such as diarrhea...

Mozambique cholera: More than 30K cases in current outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A cholera outbreak has been reported in Mozambique. From 14 September 2022 to 29 May 2023, a total of 31,327 cases and 138 deaths (CFR 0.4%) have been reported from 11 provinces and...

South Africa cholera update: Nearly 200 lab confirmed cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Africa Department of Health is pleased with the progress made with regards to concerted efforts of interventions put in place to curb the transmission of cholera disease...

Ethiopia: This is the longest cholera outbreak that is spreading unabated

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Since the last update in May, the cholera outbreak in Ethiopia keeps spreading with a significant increase of cases. As of 20 June 2023, 11,407 cholera cases – of whom 22 per...

Lebanon declares end of cholera outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Lebanon Ministry of Health announced Sunday that the cholera outbreak that began in October 2022 is now over. The last case recorded was in late February. “More than 12...

Vibrio cholerae forms aggressive biofilm to kill immune cells: Study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Bacteria harness the power of communities. A research group at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has now discovered that the bacterial pathogen that causes cholera forms a novel...

Dominican Republic says cholera situation at Haitian border is under control

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reports that the cholera situation in Haiti, specifically in the community of Juana Méndez, near the border point of the province of Dajabón,...

South Africa cholera update: 166 confirmed cases, 31 deaths

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South Africa’s National Department of Health announced on Thursday that the cholera death toll now stands at 31, following the outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. According...

South Africa cholera update: 23 deaths in Hammanskraal

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The cholera death toll in Hammanskraal has reached 23 as of May this past weekend, according to the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH). In addition, 77 patients were still admitted...

DRC: More than 70 cases of cholera notified in one week in Bukavu, South Kivu

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 More than 70 cases of cholera were reported in the space of one week, from May 14 to 20, 2023, in the city of Bukavu (South Kivu). According to Doctor Claude Bahizire, communication...