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Tests in Port Moresby have confirmed a cholera epidemic in Bougainville, particularly the northern tip of Buka Island. Already 65 cases have been treated at the Lemanmanu medical command post.
Fifteen cases required admission and have already been treated and discharged. The death toll still stands at two but the disease has spread across Gogohe and Hutjena.
The Cholera Task Force is now looking at strict measures to contain the epidemic from causing more deaths and to further prevent it from spreading all over Bougainville. The age group most affected are between the ages of 10-15 year olds and most cases reported revealed that more girls are affected.
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PINA
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