YAOUNDE, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three people have died of cholera and 39 cases have been identified in Cameroon's Minawao refugee camp which hosts thousands of Nigerian refugees in the country's Far North region, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday, appealing for international help to contain the outbreak.
A first cholera alert was signaled by health officials in the camp last week and as of Tuesday, 24 out of 39 patients were receiving treatment at health facilities in Minawao, UNHCR said in a statement issued in Cameroon's capital city of Yaounde.
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