WATER-BORNE DISEASES:DIARRHEA

Some 800 residents of Maragusan in Compostela Valley were affected by a diarrhea outbreak since 18 July. A state of calamity was declared in the town on 26 July as the number of persons afflicted by the water-borne ailment continued to rise. According to Mayor Cesar Colina, funds are badly needed to buy medicines and anti-diarrheal solutions for the victims.