Description:
"Overview:
Yangon:
• According to the ministerial authorities for health, a total of 2,261 hospitalized cases of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) and 161 hospitalized cases of AWD cases with severe dehydration were reported from 44 townships of Yangon region as of 8 Aug 2024. Among them, 15 cases have died, but cause of deaths is unknown. Cholera infection is confirmed in some of those AWD cases.
• Until 23 July 2024, ministerial authorities for health had publicly shared the daily number of new AWD cases with or without severe hydration (Figure 1).
• Most affected townships were Thaketa, Hlaingtharyar, Botahtaung, Dawbon, and Thingangyun...."
Source/publisher:
World Health Organization (Geneva) via Reliefweb (New York)
Date of Publication:
2024-08-14
Date of entry:
2024-08-16
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar
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English
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