Unknown source of miners’ illnesses in Guyana

15 April 2019

Two men from a group of 18 miners who became ill while working in a NW manganese mine have died in hospital. Ten of the survivors, all Chinese nationals, are to be repatriated for treatment. A news article states that several of the miners ‘came into contact with bat droppings while cleaning one of four tunnels’ in the Matthew's Ridge mine. Read more.

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South America

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