Typhus has broken out in White Russia, especially in the regions of Minsk, Borisov and Lohuisk. The average number of victims daily is sixteen, the majority of them being Jewish. The Minsk regional Soviet is undertaking extraordinary measures to conquer the disease. Extra medical help has been mobilized.
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