{"id":56942,"date":"2018-01-18T12:37:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T12:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=56942"},"modified":"2018-01-18T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T12:37:33","slug":"zambia-says-new-cases-dropping-in-deadly-cholera-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/zambia-says-new-cases-dropping-in-deadly-cholera-outbreak.html","title":{"rendered":"Zambia says new cases dropping in deadly cholera outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Zambia says new cases dropping in deadly cholera outbreak<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Zambia says it has made progress in containing a cholera outbreak that has killed about 70 people in the southern African nation since October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya this week said there had been a &#8220;drastic reduction&#8221; in the number of new cases in the outbreak, which has mostly affected the capital, Lusaka. He says the provision of fresh water and other preventive measures are being taken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The World Health Organization is assisting with the vaccination of Lusaka residents against cholera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Last week, the military moved in after some residents in a densely populated Lusaka slum rioted over the removal of market vendors, a measure designed to curb the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Cholera is caused by ingestion of contaminated food or water and can kill within hours if untreated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/wireStory\/zambia-cases-dropping-deadly-cholera-outbreak-52428822<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/zambia-says-new-cases-dropping-in-deadly-cholera-outbreak.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zambia says new cases dropping in deadly cholera outbreak Zambia says it has made progress in containing a cholera outbreak that has killed about 70 people in the southern African nation since October. 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