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Monday August 13, 2012
Tourists in Nepal warned over cholera outbreak
KATHMANDU: Nepal on Monday urged foreign travellers to take precautions against cholera after 13 people died in an outbreak in the remote west of the country.
Visitors were urged by GD Thakur, director of the Himalayan nation's epidemiology and disease control department, to drink boiled or mineral water and "pay attention to their personal care and hygiene".
"There have been 13 deaths in two months in Doti district in western Nepal but now the situation is under control," Thakur said...
Monday August 13, 2012
Tourists in Nepal warned over cholera outbreak
KATHMANDU: Nepal on Monday urged foreign travellers to take precautions against cholera after 13 people died in an outbreak in the remote west of the country.
Visitors were urged by GD Thakur, director of the Himalayan nation's epidemiology and disease control department, to drink boiled or mineral water and "pay attention to their personal care and hygiene".
"There have been 13 deaths in two months in Doti district in western Nepal but now the situation is under control," Thakur said...