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A primary case of cholera was declared on March 18 in Mayotte, and the archipelago is now recording dozens of contaminations resulting from dramatic well being circumstances, significantly linked to difficulties in purifying water. In Reunion, 190 individuals undergo from leptospirosis, a illness transmitted by rodents, which proliferate even in colleges. Around fifty sufferers are in intensive care.
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