Cholera kills 33 in Burundi refugee camp in Tanzania

Reuters
A general view shows Burundian refugees receiving treatment at a makeshift clinic at the Lake Tanganyika stadium in Kigoma western Tanzania, May 19, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak at a refugee camp sheltering thousands of Burundian refugees in northwest Tanzania has killed at least 33 people, a Tanzanian regional health official said on Wednesday. "The number of Burundi refugees who have died from the cholera outbreak has now reached 33," Leonard Subi, a medical officer in the nearby town of Kigoma, told Reuters. (Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Ed Cropley)