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FRANCE-REUNION-HEALTH-CHIKUNGUNYA
Rescuers and gendarmes carry Barthelemy Thomas, 81, suffering of the chikungunya disease to evacuate him by helicopter, 03 March 2006 from Cirque de Mafate on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, . The mosquito-borne disease that has hit the island has claimed 93 lives, and almost a quarter of the population has been affected, Health Minister Xavier Bertrand said today. A total of 186,000 people have fallen sick with the disease in the course of the epidemic, he said. Reunion has a population of 777,000. AFP PHOTO RICHARD BOUHET
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cirque de mafate REUNION, 03 mar |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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RICHARD BOUHET |
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3 Martie 2006 |
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3200 x 2133 (1.03 MB) |
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