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7 killed in Kandahar due to Cholera; over 667 infected
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 27 (ANI): At least seven children were killed due to cholera outbreak and 667 others were infected with the disease in less than a week in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, media reports citing doctor in the province stated on Wednesday.
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Pakistan: Cholera cases in Balochistan's Zhob district rise to 2,000
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): The number of cholera patients in Zhob district of Balochistan province of Pakistan rose to 2,000 despite all the measures taken by the government to curb the outbreak
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Cholera-like disease takes over 15 lives in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 16 (ANI): More than 600 people were found infected and around 15 people died in a recent cholera-like outbreak in Afghanistan.
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Cholera outbreak in Amravati claims 5 lives, total 181 cases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Maharashtra) [India], July 14 (ANI): Five people died of cholera in the Amravati district of Maharashtra and as many as 181 patients have been diagnosed with the disease, the state public health department confirmed.
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UN provides 1.7 million USD for cholera emergency in Cameroon
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Yaounde [Cameroon], June 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations has approved the allocation of 1.7 million U.S. dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support the urgent response to the cholera outbreak in Cameroon, UN officials in Cameroon said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Cholera outbreak in Balochistan, 85 pc without clean drinking water: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], May 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan province is reeling under a massive cholera outbreak as 85 per cent of the population is deprived of clean drinking water.
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Pakistan PM orders 'emergency' measures to curb cholera outbreak in Pir Ko
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): As Pakistan's Pir Koh tehsil of the Dera Bugti district reels under the worst cholera outbreak, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has instructed the Pakistan federal and provincial governments to take necessary actions on an emergency basis to stop the spread
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Pakistan: Protests erupt over authorities' inaction to tackle Balochistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Expressing anger over inaction by authorities to contain the alarming rise in cholera cases and demanding access to clean water, Pakistanis staged a protest in Dera Bugti district's Pirkoh tehsil of Balochistan province on Saturday.
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Pakistan: 4 dead in Balochistan cholera outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): Four people, including a toddler, have died in a cholera outbreak at Dera Bugti's Pirkoh Tehsil of Balochistan as Pakistan deals with an acute water crisis, including unavailability of clean drinking water.
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South Sudan declares new cholera outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Sudanese Ministry of Health on Sunday declared a cholera outbreak following confirmation of eight cases in Rubkona county in the country's Unity States.
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People in Karachi reel under worst cholera outbreak amid negligence of hea
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Negligence of authorities in Pakistan's Karachi has resulted in the worst cholera outbreak in the city, affecting both children and adults, reported local media.
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329 people killed by cholera in Nigeria's northern state
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigera], September 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A cholera outbreak in north Nigeria's Kano state has killed at least 329 people since March, a state government official said on Wednesday.
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