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 | | A cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau is showing no sign of fading, with all regions of the impoverished country now affected and more than 4,000 new cases of the disease reported so far in Sep 2005, officials said. |
 | | In a bulletin issued late Tue, 20 Sep 2005, the health ministry said 15,573 cases of cholera had now been recorded, up from 11 192 at the beginning of the Sep 2005. |
 | | When the outbreak started 3 months ago, more than 9 out of 10 cases were to be found around the capital, Bissau -- a city of 300 000 built on low-lying land on the banks of a muddy river estuary -- and the nearby coastal region of Biombo to the west. |
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