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Cholera returns

    JOHANNESBURG
    Cholera has broken out again in the regions of Beravina and Ankofafa in Madagascar PANA reported on Monday. The disease has already killed four people, and 11 others have been admitted to the main hospital in the southern city of Fianarantsoa. Health authorities said lack of medicine will soon pose a serious threat to the health of the people in the regions. There are only 3,000 bottles of medicine at the main hospital in Fianarantsoa to cure people suffering from cholera. A patient usually needs 10 bottles to be cured of cholera. Doctors have appealed for the urgent delivery of sufficient medicines.

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