Old foe: Cholera returns to haunt Algeria after more than 20 years

Outside a hospital in Algeria, worried relatives arrive daily in a desperate bid to talk to those quarantined inside -- the victims of the country's first cholera outbreak in more than 20 years. Cases began appearing in early August and two people have so far died, with scores hospitalized in Boufarik, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Algiers. Said, whose mother has been quarantined for 10 days, told AFP he is "tired and demoralized". "I want to visit my mother. But they do not allow me access", he said. Only suspected cholera admissions, confirmed cases and staff are allowed into Boufarik hospital's infectious diseases department, where 91 people have been quarantined...

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