Nigeria: Nation Threatened by Cholera Outbreak in Cameroon

12 August 2010

New York — Nigeria and other countries bordering Northern Cameroon - hit by cholera outbreak - are at the risk of the disease, the United Nations warned yesterday.

The current outbreak in Cameroon, which began in May, has now recorded more than 2,000 confirmed cases, with fatality rate of over 13 per cent, which is considered extremely high. The outbreak has already claimed at least 155 lives.

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