Health Minister Victor Shemtov declared yesterday that the cholera outbreak is definitely over but warned that it could reoccur next year and urged the populace to observe the highest standards of sanitation. Mr. Shemtov said no new cases of the disease have been diagnosed since Oct. 12. Cholera has a five-day incubation period. A Health Ministry source told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today that a total of 249 cases of cholera were diagnosed since it was first detected in the Arab sector of Jerusalem last Aug. 20. There were five deaths known to have been caused by cholera since then and a number of other deaths during the period which are being investigated to determine whether they were caused by cholera or some other disease. The Health Ministry said the disease was finally suppressed by a far-reaching sanitary campaign but medical authorities have been unable to pinpoint any individual source of the infection.
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