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PM orders higher alert to prevent cholera spillover from Abyan

[27/06/2017 07:18]

ABYAN-SABA

Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin-Daghr has ordered the health ministry to be on higher alert after the cholera epidemic, rampant in several parts of Yemen, appeared in a new province, Abyan.

The premier conducted an inspection visit to Zubjubar district of Abyan and met local authority officials to address the emergence of the epidemic.

The premier ordered the health minister to lead a campaign to treat the diarrhea patients and prevent further infections or the spillover into other provinces especially Abyan neighbors, Shabwah, Aden and Lahj.

The premier put all the necessary means at the governor and local health officials' disposal to contain the prevalence of the disease and treat the existing infection cases.