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A deadly combination of sewage in streets and rivers, and dirty drinking water - or no water - in the taps is common to all four areas where people have died of cholera in the last two months.
While water in the taps is dirty or simply not available, sewage runs in the streets of towns where cholera has led to death, prompting a warning by group of senior scientists of a national health and environmental emergency.