Spokesman Mpho Gabashane said 134 cases of diarrhoea have been confirmed.

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"The number of people reporting for diarrhoea in public and private health facilities in the area has been gradually increasing," said Gabashane.

Cause unknown
He said the cause of the outbreak was not yet known. "... but the major suspect is currently water due to high inflow of rainwater in our system."

In October, a major outbreak of water-induced diarrhoea affected more than a thousand people in Mpumalanga's Delmas township.

It was established that one of the boreholes providing water to Delmas triggered the initial outbreak as it was contaminated. Chlorination was required to deactivate contaminants in the water.

The national department of water affairs and forestry and the provincial health department pledged more than R1.5 million for a new reservoir and research into the area's water provision.

Gabashane said the Medical Joint Operations Committee were monitoring the situation in Standerton. – (Sapa)

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December 2007
 

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