South Africa: Typhoid Outbreak

Possibly due to contaminated water near Johannesburg, South Africa there has been an outbreak of typhoid fever. Two South Africans have already died from the disease, over 400 others have typhoid, and over 2,000 have diarrhoea. The outbreak is said to be contained, and people are identifying they have the sickness early on. Clean drinking water and the army have been brought in to help the problem. Chlorinating the contaminated water is another step already taken, but the people still have to wait a few days before using the water.

Typhoid is a bacterial disease and its symptoms include high fever, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhoea or constipation. This disease can be treated with antibiotics.

This news report was found through the New York Times