SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): As many as 18,000 people have been infected by cholera virus and a dozen of them died during the past two weeks in four districts of northern Jawzjan province, an official said Saturday.
Public Health Director Qari Abdul GhaniSamim told Pajhwok Afghan News five health teams had been dispatched to the four affected districts in order to curtail the further spread of the water-borne disease.
He said Aqcha, Manjigak, Mardyan, Khaniqa and Faizabad were the affected districts and asked the residents to observe hygiene rules and not to drink from polluted water reservoirs.
He said five . . .
