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Consumption of contaminated water is the main reason for increased reports of the disease across Vyasarpadi, Tiruvotriyur and Tondiarpet, as more than 20 have been admitted with diarrhoeal disorders in the past one week
CHOLERA cases have been increasingly reported in the city for the past three weeks, especially among the residents of North Chennai, with man

SRINAGAR, Aug 30: As over 30 fresh suspected cases of cholera and gastroenteritis were reported in Kashmir, the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department today issued guidelines for creating public awareness to combat the epidemic.

After reports of hundreds of patients complaining of cholera and gastroenteritis like symptoms in Kupwara, Budgam and Bandipora districts of the Valley, the PHE dep

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Cholera cases reported in Swat Valley
Concern over second wave of deaths

ISLAMABAD: As flood waters continue to wreak havoc in the southern parts of the country, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) on Wednesday expressed grave concern about the health hazards posed by receding water amid reports of cholera cases in the Swat Valley that has been cut-off from the country beca

BERHAMPUR: With the death of two more persons on Tuesday, the toll due to diarrhoea in the last one week went up to 12 in the tribal- dominated Buratal panchayat under Patrapur block in Ganjam district. Cases of diarrhoea were first reported in Adapathar village and it later spread to Kusamala and Batarasahi.

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): A cholera-like epidemic is widely spreading in Bhingar and the adjoining camp areas in Ahmednagar and about 500 persons have fallen sick of it, the district civil hospital sources said today.

Contaminated water supply and lack of cleanliness said to have caused the epidemic.

IN spite of the death of a patient and over 50 others suffering due to suspected cholera, sanitary conditions and drinking water quality continue to be in a very poor quality, the people of Muthampatti, a village in Salem district, complained to the Collector (in-charge) Kalaiarasi on Monday.

June 24: The district administration has constituted mandal-level teams to take preventive measures to check the outbreak of seasonal diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, malaria, filarial and jaundice in the monsoon season.

Rajahmundry, June 14: Health authorities are initiating measures to contain the outbreak of seasonal fevers like malaria, dengue, cholera, typhoid, gastro and others in both East and West Godavari districts as several parts in both the districts are witnessing rainfall for past few days.

Nalini Ravichandran | ENS FIFTEEN days ago, Kamala was one of the first women at Dr Ambedkar Nagar, Aynavaram, to be diagnosed with cholera. Since then, 25 more cases of cholera have been reported from three streets in Aynavaram alone. These reports came in, despite Mayor M.Subramanian

Hyderabad, May 31: With the rise in temperature and water contamination in various areas, as many as seven cholera cases have been reported in the city since the beginning of the year.

Of these cases, five patients were treated at the Fever hospital in May and were later discharged.

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