Text: IFRC Photos: Action Press\/Virot
\nDate September 7, 2011
\nDuring a press conference at the Palais des Nations, IFRC Pablo Medina, Operations Coordinator in Geneva, said that the cho\u00e9era cases in Chad in 2011 have now reached 12\u2019713 cases with 1\u2019368 new cases over the last week.
\nWith the peak of the rainy season coming in September and October, it is feared that the number of cholera cases will double and could reach up to 25\u2019000 cases with the cost of hundreds more lives of no futher actions is taken.
\nThe risk of a wider and more serious outbreak is very real. For the first time this year cases have been reported in the east of Chad. The main concern is that the outbreak will continue to spread in different regions of the country and reach refugee camps along the Sudanese border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Text: IFRC Photos: Action Press\/Virot Date September 7, 2011 During a press conference at the Palais des Nations, IFRC Pablo Medina, Operations Coordinator in Geneva, said that the cho\u00e9era cases in Chad in 2011 have now reached 12\u2019713 cases with 1\u2019368 new cases over the last week. With the peak of the rainy season coming
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