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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Abid Hussain

People dying of water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan

A dengue fever patient lies under a mosquito net at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar [Fayaz Aziz/Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Water-borne diseases are a new concern in flood-ravaged Pakistan, with the authorities reporting at least nine such deaths in the last 24 hours, according to government data.

All the deaths caused by diarrhoea, malaria and gastroenteritis were reported in the southeastern Sindh province where more than 300 people have died of flood-related ailments since July.

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