WHO-DOH probes cholera outbreak in Catanduanes

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The World Health Organization and the Department of Health are investigating a cholera outbreak in Catanduanes in the Bicol region.  The outbreak began in January this year, according to Health Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag.  Since then, more than two thousand cases were monitored in Catanduanes’ 11 towns.  Most of the cases were found in Virac, the capital, as well as in San Andres and Pandan.  WHO and DOH want to understand the causes of the outbreak to try to figure out how to contain it.

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