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Cholera infections in Iraq climb to more than 800: Health Ministry

Iraqi medical authorities say the number of recorded cases of cholera in the conflict-ridden Arab country has climbed to more than 800, though no new deaths have been reported in days. Director General of Planning and Development in Iraq’s Health Ministry Hassan Hadi Baqer, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network that 50 new people have been […]

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Iraqi medical authorities say the number of recorded cases of cholera in the conflict-ridden Arab country has climbed to more than 800, though no new deaths have been reported in days. Director General of Planning and Development in Iraq’s Health Ministry Hassan Hadi Baqer, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network that 50 new people have been diagnosed with symptoms of cholera, including bad diarrhea and high fever, raising the number of those who have contacted the infection to 823.

Baqer added as many as 30 of the new cases came from the city of Diwaniyah, located 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of the capital, Baghdad, seven from Baghdad’s Karkh district, which lies on the western side of the river Tigris, five from al-Rusafa on the eastern sector of the river, six from the holy shrine city of Karbala and the other two from the southeastern province of Maysan.