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Subscribe to RSSTyphoid has broken out in an opposition-held region of Syria due to people drinking contaminated water from the Euphrates River, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
An estimated 2,500 people in northeastern Deir al-Zor province are infected with the contagious disease, which causes diarrhea and can be fatal, the United Nations agency said.
"There is not enough fuel or electricity to run the pumps so people drink water from the Euphrates which is contaminated, probably with sewage," the WHO representative in Syria, Elisabeth Hoff, told Reuters by telephone.
The WHO had no confirmed reports of deaths so far from typhoid.
Typhoid fever is an infection of the intestinal tract and bloodstream caused by salmonella bacteria. People become infected after consuming food or beverages handled by an infected person or by drinking contaminated water.
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Natural selection at work.
Obama sure helped these Muslims die young. Obama is a true Chicago drug gang member. Let 'em die!
It's the Arab Spring cuisine, @!$%# tea and salmonella salad.
8 drops of Chlorine Bleach (make sure it isn't the scented kind) will purify a gallon of water in an emergency.
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"Typhoid has broken out in an opposition-held region of Syria due to people drinking contaminated water from the Euphrates River, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday."
What is the big deal in these diseases while bloody civil wars are going?
Why do the UN and agencies go around with collection plates when Muslims are affected?
They appear to be no where when non-Muslims are affected.
For a change let oil rich Sunni rulers and sheikhs donate money and workers to help those affected.
Is this actually a surprise to anyone???
I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner!!!
OR
Maybe it has but the media hasn't picked up on it before now.
Terrible!!! May this hideous war end soon.