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Bay cholera outbreak under control

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    A cholera outbreak that claimed 23 lives in Dodale and neighbouring villages in Burhakaba district, in the south-central Bay region, during the two-week period from 4 to 17 March had been brought under control by early this week, a UNICEF official told IRIN on Thursday. There were 113 cases reported around Dodale in that two-week spell, with samples analysed in Nairobi testing positively for cholera. The case fatality rate (CFR) was 20.4 percent. Cholera supplies, chlorine and health education information had been provided by WHO and UNICEF, the official added.

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