Iran Tells of Hepatitis
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<i> Reuters</i>
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Hepatitis has broken out at settlements for Kurds in an Iranian border province hosting half a million refugees, the Iranian news agency IRNA said Thursday.
It quoted Health Minister Reza Malekzadeh as saying in Bakhtaran province: “The disease has been brought under control with measures taken in the past few days.” He gave no other details but said the refugees’ condition was “grave.”
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