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Disease Threatens Survivors of Guatemala Mudslide
16 October 2005
by Eduardo Garcia
…Thousands of people from Panabaj have crammed into churches and houses in the nearby village of Santiago and other towns while the government races to build temporary shelters.
"The worst problem now is the risk of epidemics," Alfonso Verdu, coordinator of Doctors Without Borders in Guatemala, said late on Saturday. "I don't think the situation in Santiago is under control."
He said doctors have seen dozens of cases of diarrhea among survivors as well as dysentery, hepatitis A and chicken pox.
Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited
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category: News from Other Sources : Outbreaks
contributed by Sean Kellem on 17 October 2005
Latin America : Guatemala
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