Via ABC News :
" Queensland Health says it is continuing to monitor the spread of cholera in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the wake of unconfirmed reports the disease has spread closer to the Australian border.
At least 16 people have died from the disease after an outbreak on the PNG island of Daru.
Queensland Health says there have been no confirmed cases in Australia relating to the outbreak.
Chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young says the risk of the outbreak spreading to the Torres Strait remains minimal.
"We've got good ready access to safe drinking water up there and also human waste is disposed of appropriately, so I do want to reassure the islanders that the risk of an outbreak there is low," she said."
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