Over 130 infected in a Cholera outbreak in Vietnam
Cholera continues to spread in Vietnam, where, according to the Vietnamese authorities Monday, more than 130 people were infected in the north, and also in the economic capital Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon in the south.
According to the Ministry of Health, 1,335 people have been hospitalized for diarrhea, 136 were tested positive for cholera, since the beginning of March.
The Vietnamese authorities didn't report any death of the bacterium in the 18 major cities and provinces affected, but the Prime Minister stressed that the spread of cholera will affect not only residents but also socio-economic development, as well as foreign investment.
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection transmitted through water or food contaminated with the bacteria vibrio cholerae.
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Mister-info.com Team, April 14, 2008.
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