We are afraid the outbreak is out of control. Cholera was already spreading at a very fast rate. Yesterday it started raining, which will only make it more difficult to stop the epidemic.
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Today we have not yet reached the peak of this epidemic. Even based on conservative estimates, the toll of this epidemic will be extremely high.Richard Veerman
Everybody was slow to react. Many factors contributed to make this cholera epidemic, one of the worst in Angola.
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