Diarrhea outbreak strikes NTT

Fri, 27 Aug 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: a diarrhea outbreak has struck at
least two regencies in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province,
affecting hundreds of people, many of them infants. No fatalities
have been reported.

Herman, the head of Kupang regency's health office, blamed on
Thursday a lack of clean water for the outbreak.

In Alor regency, Alor Hospital director Yoseph Usen Aman said
47 people had been treated at the hospital for diarrhea, 33 of
them infants. -- JP

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