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300-400 new cholera cases daily in Burundi, Tanzania: UN

Published: 22 May 2015 - 02:40 pm | Last Updated: 13 Jan 2022 - 05:53 pm

 

 

Geneva---Some 3,000 cases of cholera have been reported in Tanzania, mainly among Burundian refugees fleeing political violence, the UN said Friday, adding that up to 400 new cases were being counted daily.
So far, 31 people have died of the water-borne disease in the area around the western Tanzanian border town Kaguna, which has been flooded with refugees, the UN refugee agency said.

AFP