ApocaDocs: Cholera epidemic now threatens all of Nigeria: ministry

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	Cholera epidemic now threatens all of Nigeria: ministry http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1282852252 A cholera epidemic that has killed more than 350 people in Nigeria since the start of the year now poses a threat to the entire country, the health ministry said on Wednesday. "Epidemiological evidence indicates that the entire country is at risk," the ministry said in a statement. "Reports received so far from 11 states show we have recorded 6,437 cases with 352 deaths from cholera this year. Most of the outbreaks occurred in the northwest and northeast zones" of the country, it stated. Surveys carried out by the ministry showed that less than 40 percent of the population in the affected states have access to adequate toilet facilities, the statement said.

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'Doc Michael says:

Can't somebody get these people some squeezably soft toilet paper?