News articles on Cholera Outbreak in Kota Belud. I had diarrhea and fever four days after my visit to Malaysia and thought I could be no. 45. Fortunately it turned out as acute enteritis due to the fatigue and stress. On the plane to KL, an article of the New Sabah Times attracted my attention strongly. ` Village Cholera Hits 44`. In the area `Kota Belud` we visited the day before yesterday were reported the outbreak of the cholera in early May. 86 were admitted to the hospital and 44 out of them were tested positive early this month. According to the report, the first cholera patient was admitted on the 2nd of May after complaining of diarrhea. It is a surprise that we have never heard about this one when we visited the village. It is an even more surprise that I have not got any inspection at the KL airport even though I came from Sabah. There was no caution or warning from the authority but for the newspaper cover story. Then, no wonder that we have not heard anything about cholera outbreak at the Kalawat. I wonder whether those people in Kalawat was informed of it. I don’t remember we have eaten anything in Kalawat, the community forest project site. Somebody had offered drinkst but we had to hurry ourselves due to the time constraint. I sent a mail to Dr Iguchi about this at the KL International Airport and advised them to report to the hospital if they have any strange symptom such as diarrhea. Me? So far I don’t have any symptom yet but for the natural call due to too much drinks after arrival in KL. God bless them and me… It is 11:10 AM (still Day Nine) and I am going to be on board at 00:05 on the Day Ten.
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