Hundreds Hospitalised in Yangon Cholera Outbreak: Minister
Officials are injecting chlorine into pipelines and preparing 83 hospitals as the outbreak spreads beyond Yangon.
- In Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, 500 people have been hospitalized with severe diarrhea since August 9, with nearly 150 testing positive for cholera; officials are disinfecting the city's water supply by injecting chlorine into pipelines.
- The outbreak exposes Myanmar's faltering medical system, neglected under junta rule for more than five years of civil war that has gutted healthcare infrastructure and left experts attributing the spread to poor sanitation and contaminated water.
- Nanda Win, head of the Yangon Region Public Health and Medical Services Department, identified Chinatown as the outbreak epicenter, while authorities are preparing supplies at 83 other hospitals across the region to address the spread.
- Health personnel are conducting epidemiological surveillance and quarantining close contacts of infected patients, with Nanda Win stating, "We expect the number of cases to drop significantly within a week."
- While new cases have declined since Thursday, cholera reports have emerged outside the Yangon region, and Tin Tun, a doctor and former district chair, warned that death rates could be higher in areas with weaker healthcare.
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(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = In Myanmar, where health infrastructure has collapsed due to a civil war that has lasted for over five years, cholera is spreading centered around the largest city, Yangon, 1...
Myanmar's minister revealed that a cholera outbreak has occurred in Yangon, resulting in over 500 patients being hospitalized.
Five hundred people were hospitalized in the Burmese city of Yangon with severe diarrhea, and nearly 150 of them tested positive for cholera, reported a regional official on Monday (17). Since 9 August, 500 people were hospitalized with diarrhea, the main symptom of cholera, said Bo Htay, Minister of Social Affairs of the region. Rats, filth and expired food: Megalopolis of India faces a campaign of sanitary inspections in Ebola restaurants: out…
Since August 9, 500 people have been hospitalized with diarrhea, the main symptom of cholera, said Bo Htay, the region's Minister of Social Affairs. Rapid cholera tests have come back positive in 149 cases, he told the parliament of Yangon, the region that includes Myanmar's largest city. This announcement marks the first official confirmation of cholera, more than a week after the initial hospitalizations. Nine of these cases have been confirme…
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