Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
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Burundi: a cholera epidemic has killed at least 17 people
22/07/2013, 12:36 | React Forward
Burundi faces for ten months at the longest cholera epidemic in its history, which has already infected nearly a thousand people and left at least 17 dead, told AFP Monday a health official.
"Burundi Since October is affected by a cholera epidemic, "said the Director General of Health Service, Dr. Liboire Ngirigi.
"It has already killed at least 17 people out of 936 cases reported in hospitals.
This is the first outbreak lasts that long in our country, "said Dr. Ngirigi.
This epidemic is "first appeared in the northern suburbs of Bujumbura (the capital), but also all along the lake Tanganyika (W) and Cibitoke and Bubanza (northwest), before expanding in Rutana province (southeast), and areas of Makamba (south), affected for the first time, " continued health official.
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http://www.leparisien.fr/laparisien...undi-au-moins-17-morts-22-07-2013-2999625.php
Burundi: a cholera epidemic has killed at least 17 people
22/07/2013, 12:36 | React Forward
Burundi faces for ten months at the longest cholera epidemic in its history, which has already infected nearly a thousand people and left at least 17 dead, told AFP Monday a health official.
"Burundi Since October is affected by a cholera epidemic, "said the Director General of Health Service, Dr. Liboire Ngirigi.
"It has already killed at least 17 people out of 936 cases reported in hospitals.
This is the first outbreak lasts that long in our country, "said Dr. Ngirigi.
This epidemic is "first appeared in the northern suburbs of Bujumbura (the capital), but also all along the lake Tanganyika (W) and Cibitoke and Bubanza (northwest), before expanding in Rutana province (southeast), and areas of Makamba (south), affected for the first time, " continued health official.
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http://www.leparisien.fr/laparisien...undi-au-moins-17-morts-22-07-2013-2999625.php