Cholera outbreak in Uzbekistan

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Cholera outbreak in Uzbekistan. Is it for real or it's just another rumor?
The government denyes the Cholera epidemy. But may that cost the health of their nation?


Uznews - Through its media service, Jahon, the Uzbek foreign ministry appears to be denying claims that Uzbekistan is experiencing an outbreak of cholera. The ministry of health in Uzbekistan and the state epidemiological surveillance unit are also refuting reports of a cholera outbreak and are doing nothing to prevent the spread of the disease.


“If we announce a cholera diagnosis, then we immediately have to organise quarantine, and nobody wants that” said one doctor in the Tinchlik village hospital in Yangiyul district, Tashkent. "Quarantine", he says, "means that villages and towns where cholera has been identified have to be ‘shut down’, and clean drinking water has to be supplied, which is an extremely costly operation for the district authorities, especially in villages like Tinchlik."


Hardly surprising to find cholera.


“We haven’t had clean water for 20 years. The old water pipes have crumbled but nobody has ever replaced them” said Akramkhodzh Mukhiddinov, member of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (PAU) and also a resident of Tinchlik. 


Mukhiddinov claims that many people who have their own transport bring drinking water from Yangiyul or Tashkent, but most people take water from waterways running through the area.


“People take water from the irrigation channels, then boil it and drink it. There is no alternative when there is no clean mains water” says Mukhiddinov. He claims that people most at risk of contracting cholera are those who take water from the Boz-Su river. “A 45-year-old man, who drank water from this river, died recently in our village” Mukhiddinov says.


The human rights campaigner believes that, given the living conditions in Tinchlik and its neighbouring settlements, it would be amazing if an outbreak of cholera did not happen here.


Health ministry denies the outbreak.


Meanwhile, Uzbekistan’s health ministry and foreign affairs ministry are categorically denying reports of a cholera outbreak.


“When you present them with concrete facts about people dying from an illness, the symptoms of which are extremely similar to those of cholera, ministry of health civil servants don’t respond, claiming that they have heard of no such instances.” One Tashkent journalist remarked.


Uzbekistan’s state epidemiological service also denies the outbreak of cholera.


“We are currently running a campaign to vaccinate children against measles and German measles, but have heard nothing about cholera. If there were cases, we would have made statements about this” said one employee of the state epidemiological surveillance service in Chilanzar district, Tashkent.


“The symptoms of cholera – vomiting and diarrhoea – are similar to those of other intestinal illnesses, and it is possible that people are mistaken about what is actually wrong” an employee of the epidemiological surveillance unit speculated. When asked about cholera, the source asked us not to use his name.

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So, what is really happening in Uzbekistan?


Despite official denials, many doctors are saying confidentially that there are cases of cholera now in Uzbekistan. They do not hide the fact that people have died from an intestinal illness, the name of which doctors will not spell out to their relatives.


“I am convinced my husband died of cholera after he swam in the Boz-Su river” says Mukhabbat, a 30-year-old Tashkent resident.


The outbreak of cholera would appear to be confirmed, at least, by events in Yangiyul district and in Yangiyul hospital, where, in mid-August, dozens of people arrived each day with symptoms of this disease – not only vomiting and diarrhoea but also severe dehydration. Previously, the Almazarsk district of Tashkent had experienced cholera-like illness, also linked to water from the Boz-Su river.


“It is very easy to explain why information about a cholera outbreak is being hushed up, and you can see this in the text of the foreign ministry’s statement” said one Tashkent doctor, who also asked to not to be named.


“As a member of the World Health Organisation, Uzbekistan has to update the European regional office of this body round-the-clock, but if it did inform WHO about these circumstances, WHO would send out a special commission which would see for itself the terrible living conditions of those people who have contracted cholera” he said.


“Will our government allow that to happen?” an Uznews source asks, adding that as winter approaches, the cholera bacteria will become less active, and the cover-up may therefore outlast the outbreak.

Ice Cubes For Your Face

Ice cubes can be used for lots of things. One of them is as a facial. Using ice cubes as face mask is funny, easy and healthily.

You should always wash your face with warm water to open up your pores. After your pores are open you may use face scrub to exfolate your face skin. Then you should wash your face with cold water to close your pores. This way you clean your pores and close them after that. So ice cube facial helps closing your pores, making your face skin cleaner and softer.

Here's an explanation video - how to make your own ice cube facial. Thanks to Michelle Phan.


Green Tea is great antioxidant, so this will have wonderful effect on your skin. Moreover vitamin E is great for the skin. So see what do you need to make this facial and how to make it.

Here's what you need for the Green Tea + Vit E. ice cube facial : 
- Warm Water
- Green Tea
- Soft Gel Vitamin E
- Ice Maker

How to make the Green Tea facial : 
1. Warm up the water.
2. Steep your Green Tea.
3. Pour the Vit. E
4. Freeze the ice cubes for about an hour.
5. Insert toothpicks in the ice and let it freeze for one night.
6 . Your facial is ready for use.

Your Green Tea popsicles are ready to beautify you! :) 

5 Things Important for Weight Loss.

Weight loss is a process leading to reduction of body mass. It can be caused due to a mean loss of fluid, lean mass or body fat. Weight loss can occur unintentionally due to a disease, or it can be intentional - when you want to improve your health and physique.

We will focus on the intentional weight loss. There are 5 things that are important for healthy weight loss.

Let's have a brief of the 5 things important for weight loss :
- Lower your calorie intake. In order to lose weight you have to eat less calories than what your body needs. For instance - if your body needs 2000calories per day, your calorie intake should be 1600calories in order to lose weight.

- Eat healthy food. Forget all these fast food restaurants. There's nothing good and healthy in eating fast food. It can only harm your health and have negative influence to your weight. Better focus on products like vegetables, fruits, chicken meat, milk products, grain products.

- Do execises. Training regulary will help you lose body fat, improve your health, have a beautiful and lean body. Training three times a week is great beginning of your change.

- Drink more water. Drinking water is really important for your body. To function properly your body needs 1-7 litres water per day (depending on your body size). Water takes action in every process in your body, so providing enough water to your organism is very important.

- Sleep. Sleeping is also very important. It helps you recover and rest. If you want to lose weight you have to sleep around 8 hours per night. If you sleep less than 6 hours a night losing weight will be a lot harder.


This article contains some basic tips that you should know about weight loss. I will use it as an intorduction to my next articles where I will explane "5 Things Importang to Weight Loss" further.

Flooding in Saudi Arabia Kills 10; 3 Missing

Torrential flooding this week in the western Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah continues to disrupt life in the region as schools were set to close on Saturday, according to the nation's state news.

Rescue operations were ongoing and at least 10 people died related to the flooding, with three missing in Jeddah, said Director General of Civil Defense, General Saad bin Abdullah Al-Tuwaijri, according to state news Saudi Press Agency Friday.
Ground teams rescued 1,451 people, helicopters rescued 498 residents, and more than 1,500 families were provided temporary shelter, according to Al-Tuwaijri.

Jeddah province received 111 mm (4 inches) of rain in three hours on Wednesday, according to the King Abdulaziz University's Meteorology Department.
After taking a tour of flood-ravaged areas of Jeddah on Thursday, the Governor of Makkah Region, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal told reporters that damage was attributed to the lack of a drainage system for flooding and rain water.
He said helicopters rescued 466 people by air on Wednesday night and ground teams evacuuted 951 residents from the worst hit neighborhoods of Jeddah -- Altawfeeq, Alsamer, Alnakheel, Alhamrah, Alkandarah and Ummal Khair.

Video from Jeddah showed rushing water through the streets carrying cars and people downstream. Shops and offices were closed and boarded up to try and prevent the flooding from reaching inside buildings.

Approximately 5,000 residents remained without power as of Thursday afternoon after power was restored to 65,000 customers, according to the Saudi Electricity Company, as reported by SPA.