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China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-03 07:43
Cholera kills 500: WHO
A cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has killed nearly 500 people in the biggest outbreak recorded recently in the crisis-hit country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.
The WHO said the cholera outbreak affected most regions of Zimbabwe with a fatality rate of up to 50 percent in some areas. It reported 473 deaths from 11,700 cases.
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