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Cholera numbers expected to rise amid water shortage

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A man being vaccinated against cholera in Mathare slums, Nairobi, February 2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Since the nationwide cholera outbreak news broke late last year, the situation, according to medics, has further deteriorated with more cases being reported following the ongoing water shortage in Nairobi and its environs.

Dr Mwita Riro, a general physician at Kiambu level five hospital has said he treats about five cases in the hospital, and others in his private practice, a number the physicians says is relatively too high, given the high infectious rate of cholera.

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