A cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, has resulted in 12 deaths as of Monday morning as South Africa faces its first outbreak in 14 years.
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A cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, has resulted in 12 deaths as of Monday morning asExperts at the National Institute For Communicable Diseases worry that a much bigger outbreak could be coming to townships where people don’t have access to proper plumbing. Most people with cholera don’t get very sick, but for one in 10 the disease is serious and can cause watery diarrhoea, thirst and vomiting. The illness can sometimes lead to death.
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