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Cholera outbreak brought under control
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-30 11:07
Cholera outbreak in the cities of Jiaxing and Huzhou in east China's Zhejiang
Province has been basically brought under control, sources with the provincial
health authorities said Saturday.
From last Tuesday to Friday, no new cholera case was spotted in the two
cities for four consecutive days, and the last cholera-bacteria carrier left
hospital Friday, noted the sources.
Jiangxi reported its first cholera case on Sept. 2 and last case on Oct. 17.
During this one-and-half-a-month period, the city had recorded a total of 184
cholera cases, and 60 cholera-bacteria carriers, with no deaths reported. From
Oct. 18 on, Jiangxi has had zero new cholera case for 10 days in a row, and its
last cholera patien recovered well and left hospital on Oct. 23.
On Oct. 13, sporadic cholera outbreak was reported among migrant workers at a
brick mill in the Nanxun District of Huzhou. The city has since recorded 19
cases of acute intestinal epidemics, and another 34 cholera-bacteria carriers.
The city provided free medical care for the patients, and carried out physical
examination for 200-strong migrant workers inside and around the mill. No more
cholera cases have been reported in the city for thepast four consecutive days,
and the last bacteria carrier left hospital on Friday.
Provincial health authorities owed the outbreak of the waterborne disease
this year largely to drinking unsanitary water and eating unclean food and
little attention paid to locals' personal hygiene.
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