by Phanida
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 20:17
Chiang Mai (Mizzima News)- At least 30 people have been hospitalised following an outbreak of cholera in Thaungdwingyi town in central Burma, hospital authorities said.
According to officials in Thaungdwingyi hospital, the cholera outbreak, started about a week ago from unclean drinking water.
“All together about 35 people have been hospitalized. Children as young as one and- a-half years to four years and even grownups of about 30 or even up to 50 are suffering from the disease. It began on June 6,” the official, who declined to be named, told Mizzima.
Local residents said, two children of between 3 to 5 years and an old man of about 50 years died from the disease last week.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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