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Cholera update 30/03/2001

    More than 160 people have died from cholera and more than 78,000 have been infected in KwaZulu-Natal since the outbreak last August. WHO said in its latest update this week that by 27 March the Kwazulu-Natal Department of Health had reported 78,140 cases and 163 deaths.”The outbreak in Kwazulu-Natal is affecting the Empangeni area, made up of the lower Umfolozi districts and the Eshowe/Nkandla area. The Ulundi area is also affected. The lower south coast is affected mainly in the KwaDukuza/Stanger area and Ugu Region/South Coast. Surveillance, monitoring and health education efforts by the department are continuing,” WHO noted.

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