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Plagues,
Pestilences and Diseases
Congo cholera outbreak kills 279
* From correspondents in Kinshasa
* From: AP
* July 28, 2011 4:52AM
A UNICEF official says a cholera outbreak in Congo has killed at
least 279 people and infected more than 4000 others in the last
four months.
Dr Ibrahim Cisse said overnight that northeastern Orientale
province is worst affected, with more than 1400 cases and 102
deaths. The Congolese government has declared an outbreak in four
provinces in the large Central African nation.
Dr Cisse says the capital of Kinshasa has seen 124 cases and 14
deaths since mid-June.
Cholera is an easily preventable waterborne bacterial infection
that is spread through contaminated water. It causes severe
diarrhoea and vomiting that can lead to dehydration and death
within hours.