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Decrease in cholera cases

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    The number of cholera cases has decreased in Bukavu since the start of the year, humanitarian sources said. Between 7-13 February, a total of 28 cholera cases were reported in the city's treatment centre, down from 73 cases registered during the first week of January. Cholera cases were also reported in other areas of South Kivu, but no specific data was available, they said. Meanwhile, local authorities in the Kalehe area of the province have reported the presence of some 13,000 displaced people along Lake Kivu between Kalehe and Minova, the sources said.

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