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Vietnam announces end to acute diarrhea (Cholera)

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HANOI, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam officially announced Monday an end to acute diarrhea after the disease started striking Hanoi capital and some neighboring localities on Oct. 23, Vietnam News Agency reported.


Between Oct. 23 and Nov. 24,<!--ADV_CONTENT--> acute diarrhea affected 1,991 people in Vietnam, of whom 295 were tested positive to cholera virus, announced the country's Health Ministry. Vietnam has seen no new cases of infections since Nov. 25.

There have been no fatalities caused by the disease in Vietnam since Oct. 23, the ministry said, noting that most of the infections involved in contaminated foodstuffs. To prevent acute diarrhea and other digestive diseases, Vietnam is maintaining such measures as monitoring food safety, ensuring environmental hygiene, supplying sufficient clean water to residents, and raising public awareness on the diseases, especially in food-hit localities.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/10/content_7226773.htm

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