PHNOM PENH: The death toll from drinking contaminated water in eastern Cambodia’s Kratie province has risen to 10, as 121 others were hospitalised, Om Phy, deputy police chief of Kratie province, said.
“Four more victims were confirmed dead at the Kratie Provincial Hospital and the Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital today (yesterday), bringing the number of the dead to 10, as the number of villagers hospitalised has reached 121,” he said, adding that the dead were four men and six women.
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