Nine now dead from cholera

ULAN BATOR - An outbreak of cholera in Mongolia has claimed one more life, bringing the death toll to nine since the disease …

ULAN BATOR - An outbreak of cholera in Mongolia has claimed one more life, bringing the death toll to nine since the disease was first diagnosed two weeks ago, officials said yesterday.

The disease had infected 117 people and there were 33 more cases of suspected cholera, a health ministry spokesman said.

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