Anger at government over Algeria earthquake death toll
As rescuers on 26 May said that there was little chance of finding any more survivors of Algeria's devastating 21 May earthquake, attention turned to preventing disease and to questions as to the blame for the high death toll. More than 2,000 people are now thought to have died in the earthquake, the most powerful to hit the country since 1980. Medical and aid agencies warned that there was a risk of diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea in the hastily assembled camps in to which those ...
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