A diarrhoeal disease has sickened more than 200 people and caused the deaths of seven infants in Minbya township, 50kms west of the capital of Rahkine State, Sittwe. Nearby villages have also recorded cases, a development noted by ProMED that points ‘to a major food or water source that might be contaminated’ and warrants a proper epidemiological investigation.
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