Jul 6 2012
A cholera outbreak in eastern Cuba has killed three elderly people and sickened more than 50 others, "130 years after the last known case of the disease was reported on the island," Agence France-Presse reports (7/4). In a statement, the Cuban government said the outbreak was caused by contaminated well water caused by heavy rains and high temperatures and that the outbreak is now slowing, according to Reuters (Franks, 7/3). "Health officials said they had 'all the necessary resources to provide adequate attention to patients' and that the situation was 'under control,'" BBC News reports (Rainsford, 7/3).
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