Hundreds of diarrhea cases recorded among quake survivors: WHO

Several hundred cases of acute diarrhea have been recorded among earthquake survivors at a makeshift tent camp in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Wednesday.

There is no immediate evidence of a cholera outbreak but the cases are "pretty serious," Khalid Shibib, WHO team leader in Muzaffarabad, was quoted by a local TV as saying.

The official added that WHO and other agencies and the Pakistani ministry of health are taking all preventative measures.

According to the WHO official, several hundred quake survivors have come down with acute diarrhea at a tent village near a demolished university campus in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan- controlled Kashmir.

Source: Xinhua