Northern Iraq hit by major cholera outbreak: minister (8 deaths)

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Northern Iraq hit by major cholera outbreak: minister

By Sherko Raouf
2 hours, 23 minutes ago

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Health officials in northern Iraq are treating nearly 4,000 suspected cases of cholera and eight people have died so far, the health minister for Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said on Wednesday.

"A health catastrophe could emerge in Kurdistan if help is not urgently offered by other states and the World Health Organization (WHO)," minister Zairyan Othman told Reuters.

Othman said Kurdistan had declared a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the acute intestinal infection, which is caught through contaminated water or food.

"The epidemic could move to other northern provinces and even to Baghdad," he warned.

In Geneva, the WHO said it was aware of two outbreaks -- one in the Kurdish province of Sulaimaniya and the other in Kirkuk, a province abutting Kurdistan with a large Kurdish population.

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[PDJane]

1. I only wonder that it took this long.........

Because it's a cinch that the US is NOT going to assist these people, and has been engaging in genocide.

[trashcanistanista]

2. Horrible. n/t

[ProSense]

3. Kick! n/t