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PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (20): Africa, Asia
Cholera -- Worldwide/UnknownAn outbreak of cholera has infected 3000 people in a Tanzanian border region where refugees fleeing political unrest in Burundi have massed, the UN Refugee Agency said Friday, 22 May 2015. Some 300 to 400 new cases of cholera are being reported daily. At least 31 people -- 29 refugees and 2 Tanzanians -- already have died of the disease, according to UNHCR.More than 64 000 Burundians have fled to Tanzania in recent weeks, UNHCR said, escaping the unrest sparked by their Read more [...]
