11.   Dr Tsang said the presence of the Marine and Environmental Protection Department did not imply that cholera cases were attributed to the quality of sea water.

12.   Health authorities blame the food crisis and flooding for the dramatic increase in cholera cases.

13.   Health authorities blame the food crisis for the dramatic increase in cholera cases.

14.   However, the Ministry has yet to receive reports on cholera cases from other States.

15.   Including an imported case reported early in January, the total number of cholera cases is three so far this year.

16.   It was the second cholera case in Belarus in the last three months.

17.   Lusa said the statement issued last week in Bissau alerted the population that the number of cholera cases had increased, especially in the areas if Bissau and Biombo.

18.   No actual cholera cases were reported.

19.   One illness, however, remains a suspected cholera case.

20.   ONE more cholera case was confirmed on Thursday, raising the total number to eight, seven of them within the past two weeks.