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Djibouti Health Cholera kills five in southwest afrol News / IRIN, 8 January - An outbreak of cholera in Yokobi, southwest of the Djibouti capital, has killed five people and affected at least 40 more, who are under medical investigation, the Djibouti health ministry said.Health minister Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil said the disease had been confirmed in Yokobi, a village near the Ethiopian border, about 170 km from Djibouti city. "A task-force was urgently sent to the area," the minister said in a statement. He called for improved hygiene in the affected area, boiling drinking water and restricting the movement of the affected people to Yokobi to avoid further spread. © afrol News / IRIN |
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