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Thailand - 2 die from leptospirosis due to flooding crisis in Bangkok - officials fear cholera outbreak

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
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Water bacterial infection in two dead public health crisis in Bangkok

(2011-11-08 20:00) Public Television evening news

Today, the flood continued to spread to the heart of Bangkok, the city has a 1 / 5 of the area are in the water, dirty smelly water, floating garbage, industrial waste and animal carcasses, etc., not only polluted the drinking water, There are also worries the outbreak of epidemic diseases. Environmental experts in addition to actively collecting water samples for testing, there are also many volunteers busy making such a tennis ball-sized ball of mud, used to disinfect drinking water, the mud ball mainly by the soil, composed of rice bran and microorganisms, one on You can clean up about 20 liters of water, the effective period of a month-long fact expand the area with the flooding, Bangkok's public health crisis has quietly spread, health officials said, and now there are about two hundred new diarrhea cases since, in addition skin diseases, respiratory diseases are rising among the cases, while rescue workers said at least two people have died from commonly known as "rat urine" disease of leptospirosis, which is a common bacteria transmitted by the rat urinary infection. Bangkok Hospital is now set for the exclusive flood-related diseases ward, came to medical treatment is more resistant to poor elderly and infirm, because the water is expected to back a month, then I am afraid there will be experts fear outbreak of deadly cholera epidemic risk. Reporters have been reported Huimin

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