180 infected with cholera admitted in hospital in Afghanistan's Kandahar

STORY: 180 infected with cholera admitted in hospital in Afghanistan's Kandahar DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:22 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital in Kandahar STORYLINE: At least 180 people infected with cholera have been admitted to Mir Wais Hospital in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, said a physician in the hospital on Thursday. Up to "74 patients affected with the disease are from Shah Walikot district," said Soorgul Nawzadi, the physician. The disease earlier killed 20 children in the neighboring Helmand province, said Nawzadi. In Baghran district of the Helmand province, about 150 people have been infected with the disease, local people said. "The weather is too hot... We don't have clean drinking water and I think the lack of clean water could be a reason for the outbreak of the disease in our area," said Dost Mohammad, a resident of Shah Walikot district. Qari Abdullah, also a resident of Shah Walikot district, has called upon the local adminis