Myanmar (Burma): 2015 Cholera

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Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nat...deadly-Myanmar-cholera-outbreak-30270618.html

Thai concerns over deadly Myanmar cholera outbreak
THE SUNDAY NATION October 11, 2015 1:00 am

Some 200 people on the Myanmar side of the border with Tak province have contracted cholera and 11 of them died, said Umphang Hospital director Dr Worawit Tantiwattanasap.

Worawit said two Thai-Karen people who worked in Myanmar were infected and one later died in Myanmar while the other died in Ban Jor Kua of Tambon Mae Chan in Umphang...

 

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Cholera Outbreak Kills 12 Karen Villagers

October 25, 2015 ? Author - S'Phan Shaung ?

As of October, twelve villagers had died and 61 villages suffered from cholera outbreak in Kawkareik and Kyain Seikgyi Townships near the Thai-Burma border ? health workers from both countries are trying to stop the spread of the deadly disease.

Statistics from the Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW) show that most of the villages affected are in areas where government health services are inaccessible.
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Health workers said that the cholera outbreak started in early August and KDHW, estimates that 217 people were infected by the disease in two townships.

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http://karennews.org/2015/10/cholera-outbreak-kills-12-karen-villagers.html/