Hepatitis -- Syria
The residents of Al-Dimas town in Rif Dimashq governorate [25 km or 15.5 miles northwest of Damascus] have complained of the occurrence more than 70 cases of hepatitis among the residents, mostly among students, over the past 2 weeks. Many family members of the patients have suggested that the spread of the disease in the town is due to contamination of the drinking water network, because the network is older than 40 years. They demanded sterilization of the toilets and the drinking water
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