A total of 17 cases have been confirmed in the southern city of Basra, the Organization said.
A total of 17 confirmed cases of cholera were reported yesterday by the World Health Organisation in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

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A boy and a girl playing on the beach.
A dog playing in the waves with a ball.

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As of Tuesday, almost 250 health-care workers were in quarantine.
In addition, 6,800 people were in quarantine and thousands of health-care workers in working quarantine.

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two motorbikes on a dirt track.
Two dirt bikers riding over dirt hill.

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4