Diarrhea outbreak kills 13 on Alor

Diarrhea outbreak kills 13 on Alor

MAUMERE, Flores: At least 13 people have died and 56 others
are being treated at a local community health center in South
Alor subdistrict, East Nusa Tenggara province, for various
ailments related to a possible diarrhea epidemic.

The deaths were recorded over the weekend in the three
villages of Tilapoi, Tamanapui and Manmas, local legislator
Fidelis Tua Tolang told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

He said acting head of the Alor district health office Asianus
Dopong Tunung confirmed the report and has sent two doctors, two
nurses and three assistants to the affected villages.

Some of the hospitalized patients had recovered, but most
others are still under intensive treatment, Fidelis said.

He said local administration officials would visit the
villages to encourage residents to boil drinking water and to
maintain sanitary conditions in their houses. --JP