Cholera cases in Iraq double

Jessica Valenti - September 17, 2007 - 12:18 pm

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the number of people struck by a cholera outbreak in Northern Iraq has doubled to 16,000 people.

"The good news was that, although the disease has spread, the number of deaths has remained the same," spokesperson Fadela Chaib told a news briefing in Geneva.

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