Word: cholera
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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There was, at least, one bit of luck in the situation. The cyclone of 1876 was followed by an outbreak of cholera that killed 50,000. So far, miraculously, East Pakistan's water supplies seem remarkably free of contamination, and there has been no sign of the feared flare-up of cholera, which is endemic in the area. Health officials speculated that, after decades of living in the Ganges Delta, the Bengalis must be pretty much inured to any calamity-bacteriological, meteorological, or political...
Almost a week passed before relief flights began to trickle food and medicine to the ravaged islands. On many islands, cholera and typhoid fever arrived several days in advance of government relief supplies...
...week's end, although some cities were ready to come to terms, the union refused to make piecemeal settlements. Meantime, public health officials worried about a possible outbreak of cholera. But the highest cost of the strike was being borne by nature. Britain's lovely rivers may take as long as ten years to recover from the polluting flood of raw sewage...
...ports may have carried El Tor to the Soviet Black Sea ports of Odessa and Kerch, where 101 cases have been reported. More recently, the disease has cropped up in Jordan, Iraq and Syria. Israel has reported 33 cases, Lebanon 30 and Libya 28. A Togolese businessman died of cholera in Ghana last week, and medical authorities in Kenya have isolated a suspected cholera victim who arrived in Nairobi on a flight from Rome. El Tor is expected to show up in Western Europe any day now. The outbreak has not yet approached the Middle East epidemic...
...cases, the kidneys and other vital organs cease to function. Even so, death results in only an estimated 15% of El Tor cases. With proper treatment, which involves administering antibiotics and large amounts of distilled water and salts, the death rate can be cut to as low as 1%. Cholera immunizations are at best about 70% effective against the disease...