MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Public Health Department says thousands of people have been infected with cholera in the northern provinces, including Balkh.
Dr. Ghausuddin Anwari, director of the Balkh Zonal Hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the symptoms of this disease included acute diarrhea and vomiting.
Anwari said one principal reason behind the disease was drinking contaminated water and that it was communicable from one person to another.
He added thousands of people were suffering from contagious disease in northern provinces. such as Balkh, Samangan, Jawzjan and Faryab.
Mohammad Ishaq, who had come to the hospital from Dara-i . . .
