Thailand’s border with Myanmar in Tak province will be temporarily closed for a month to prevent the spread of cholera, which is currently spreading in the adjacent city of Shwe Kokko in Myanmar, Thai Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said December 23.

Six people in Yangon - the biggest city of Myanmar, have tested positive for cholera, the municipal auhority said, adding that it had ordered the temporary closure of restaurants in the area.

The Philippine authorities periodically collect rubbish from the trash-choked Estero de Magdalena canal, which runs into Manila’s most important and heavily polluted waterway, the Pasig River.