Typhoid fever downs 30 in Cotabato

• At least 30 people from the remote village of Manaulanan in Pikit, Cotabato, Philippines have been hospitalized due to typhoid fever
• North Cotabato provincial health officer, Dr. Eva Rabaya, said the 30 patients, many of which are children, may have drank contaminated water
• Dr. Rabaya said the remote village has no potable drinking water, and Manaulanan residents rely on commercially available mineral drinking water in gallons or bottle
• The North Cotabato Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) have been dispatched to help the town health office in monitoring and medication of patients