Cholera: Flood-Struck Mozambique Confirm 5 Cases After Cyclone - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 27, 2019
Authoritiesin flood-ravaged Mozambique confirmed five cases of cholera on Wednesday, afteraid groups warned of a possible outbreak of the waterborne disease in the wakeof cyclone Idai.
NationalDirector of Medical Assistance, Ussene Issa, confirmed the cases of cholera,saying all five were reported in the Munhava area of Beira.
TheWorld Health Organisation,WHO has already shipped some 900,000 doses of an oralcholera vaccine to Mozambique.
Ithas been almost two weeks since the cyclone hit southern Africa, withMozambique bearing the brunt but parts of Zimbabwe and Malawi also devastated.
Atleast 3 million people have been affected by the cyclone in total, according toUN figures.