Cholera outbreaks worsening, spreading to 31 countries: WHO

The UN health agency said the deteriorating outlook was "driven by conflict and poverty", with rural and flood-affected areas especially vulnerable to the disease -- an acute intestinal infection that spreads through food and water contaminated with bacteria, often from faeces.

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