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Health officials on high alert as cholera breaks out in Meru

An unhygienic environment is a recipe for the outbreak of cholera. [File, Standard]

Health workers in Meru County are on high alert following an outbreak of cholera.

Six people, out of 13 who had been taken ill at Lairang'i village in Tigania West sub-county, have been confirmed to be suffering from cholera and have been admitted to hospital.

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