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WHO cholera update

    JOHANNESBURG

    WHO said in its latest update at the weekend that as of 14 February, the Kwazulu-Natal Department of Health had reported 48,647 cases and 108 deaths since the start of the outbreak in mid-August 2000. "The outbreak in Kwazulu-Natal is primarily affecting the Empangeni area, made up of the Lower Umfolozi districts and the Eshowe/Nkandla area. The lower South Coast is affected mainly in the KwaDukuza/Stanger area and Ugu Region/South Coast," the update noted.

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