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Cholera reported in Kurdistan's capital,
Erbil, operation room set up
9.9.2007
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September 9, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region (Iraq), -- Six
Cholera cases were reported in the northern Iraqi
city of Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan
region, as an operation room to contain the epidemic
was set up, local authorities reported Saturday.
Erbil's hospitals have been receiving 10-15
suspected cases of cholera on a daily basis, but
most of these patients receive the proper medication
and are released a few hours later, according to
Khaled Abdullah, head of the local Health
Department.
Erbil is the third reported city to witness an
outbreak since the cholera scare was announced last
month.
Cholera has already spread to two northern Iraqi
provinces and killed at least nine people and
infected at least 131 according to figures released
by Iraqi health officials last week.
Poor water quality and problems with sewage
treatment are the causes of the outbreak.
Health authorities warned earlier of possible
outbreaks in other areas, such as Baghdad, where
suspected cases of cholera have been recorded.
On Saturday, the Association of Muslim Scholars, the
largest Sunni organization in Iraq, had claimed that
several people had already caught the epidemic in
Baghdad, and that the government was "covering up"
the cases for lack of resources to fight the
outbreak.
Other reports named the Shiite enclave of Sadr city
in eastern Baghdad and Kazimiyah in the north as
places where the infection reportedly spread.
A source in the Iraqi Health Ministry said.
DPA
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