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* 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.
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