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SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1990

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PUBLIC WARNED ABOUT SUMMER DISEASES

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED TO TAKE EXTRA AGAINST CHOLERA AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES

PRECAUTIONS DURING SUMMER MONTHS.

IN MAKING THE APPEAL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CASES AND 188 FOOD POISONING SAID LAST YEAR THERE WERE 29 CHOLERA CASES WHICH AFFECTED MORE THAN 760 PEOPLE.

DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, 39 CASES OF FOOD AFFECTING 156 PEOPLE WERE REPORTED.

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"ALTHOUGH ONLY ONE CHOLERA CASE HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR THIS

NOT YEAR, THE PUBLIC SHOULD

RELAX THEIR

AGAINST PRECAUTIONS DISEASE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"THE MOST RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE METHOD TO PREVENT CHOLERA

TYPHOID AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SUCH AS

IS DYSENTERY OBSERVE PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD HYGIENE," HE STRESSED.

DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, PEOPLE TEND TO BE LESS CAREFUL IN THE ARE CHOICE OF FOOD AND DRINKS. SINCE MOST GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES

AND DRINK, PEOPLE SHOULD TRANSMITTED THROUGH CONTAMINATED FOOD

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EXTRA CAREFUL IN THEIR EATING HABITS.

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED THAT ALL FOOD SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY COOKED AND SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UNCOVERED IF NOT TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.

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CHOLERA "THE TYPE OF CHOLERA BEING ENCOUNTERED NOWADAYS IS TOR WHICH IS ENDEMIC IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND ISOLATED CASES EXPECTED TO OCCUR EVERY NOW AND THEN, HE SAID.

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"THE STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE SIMPLE RULES OF PERSONAL HYGIENE

AND SUCH AS WASHING OF HANDS AFTER TOILET

BEFORE FOOD PREPARATION, THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND THE HYGIENIC HANDLING OF FOOD AND DRINKS ARE WAYS OF PREVENTING CHOLERA AND OTHER DIARRHOEA DISEASES,

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HE ADDED.

PEOPLE TRAVELLING TO OVERSEAS COUNTRIES WHERE CHOLERA AND TO TAKE OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES ARE ENDEMIC ARE ALSO ADVISED SPECIAL CARE IN THE SELECTION OF FOOD AND DRINK.

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