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Thursday, February 5, 2004 - 02:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
142 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Zambian authorities are considering tough measures to contain a cholera outbreak which has claimed 110 lives, 80 of them in a treatment centre in the capital, Lusaka. Among the measures being considered is the restriction of movement from areas affected by cholera, and the prevention of large gatherings such as weddings and funerals, Central Board of Health spokesman, Dr Victor Mukonka, told IRIN on Friday.

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Food & Health [4]
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Country: 
Zambia [6]

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