Health team taking steps to prevent spread of cholera: DHO.

QUETTA -- District Health Officer (DHO) Lasbela Dr Qamar Ronjha on Wednesday said that the health team of Lasbela was taking steps to prevent the spread of cholera in the area.

He said cholera cases had been reported in Khuzdar and other areas, and there was a report that three people had died from the disease during the recent monsoon rains.

In a statement issued here, he said that Deputy Commissioner Lasbela Iftikhar Bugti had directed the health department to take immediate measures to control the spread of cholera.

Dr Qamar further said that rapid response teams had been alerted for the early prevention of the disease, and the health department was going to plan a regular vaccination campaign in the flood-affected union councils.

"If cholera cases are reported in their respective union councils, they should immediately inform the nearest health centres so that teams can be sent to the affected area for immediate vaccination. Apart from this, the personnel deployed in 45 Basic Health Units of PPHI who will perform the duties of rapid response for vaccination, have been given instructions', he said.

He said that oral cholera...