Typhoid — Worldwide/Unknown
A typhoid epidemic has broken out in the Wagoora area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, where more than 300 patients are suffering from this waterborne disease, and the number is increasing with every passing day. On average, 20 patients [a day?] complaining of typhoid fever are treated at different private clinics in the area, which are without basic public health facilities.
The epidemic is directly traceable to the fact that a great proportion of the population had to drink water
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