date:Jan 16, 2013
In a brief communiqu issued on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said the outbreak was first detected on January 6, and was being contained.
Fifty-one cases have been confirmed to date, the statement read, without mentioning fatalities.
Due to the measures adopted transmission is in the phase of extinction, it said.
But in off-the-record discussions with a ministry official and doctor directly involved in fighting the outbreak, a different picture emerged with hundreds of suspected cases.
They sa