WHO Confirms 61 Deaths in Suspected Whooping Cough Outbreak in Afghanistan . . .
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WHO Confirms 61 Deaths in Suspected Whooping Cough Outbreak in Afghanistan
Saturday, November 2, 2002
(9:56 AM ET)
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan
At least 61 children -- all under age of 12 -- have died in an outbreak of what appears to be whooping cough in northeastern Afghanistan, the World Health Organization said Saturday.
The U.N. agency said 68 other children have symptoms of the highly contagious disease and are being treated with antibiotics.
Loretta Hieber-Girardet, a WHO spokeswoman in Kabul the deaths occurred over a four-week period in the district of Darwaz in Badakshan province.
(New Jersey Online News Source)
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