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Phuket Visa Run Border Port Faces Cholera Outbreak
Sunday, October 30, 2011
PHUKET: An outbreak of cholera in Ranong, the Thai border port popular with Phuket expats making one-day visa runs to Burma, has alarmed local health authorities.
A Burmese cook in a restaurant who did not realise she had the highly infectious disasease was traced as the cause of 24 cases in the past week.
Four more people were admitted to Ranong Hospital today...
Phuket Visa Run Border Port Faces Cholera Outbreak
Sunday, October 30, 2011
PHUKET: An outbreak of cholera in Ranong, the Thai border port popular with Phuket expats making one-day visa runs to Burma, has alarmed local health authorities.
A Burmese cook in a restaurant who did not realise she had the highly infectious disasease was traced as the cause of 24 cases in the past week.
Four more people were admitted to Ranong Hospital today...