Authorities in flood-ravaged Mozambique confirmed five cases of cholera on Wednesday, after aid groups warned of a possible outbreak of the waterborne disease in the wake of cyclone Idai.
National Director of Medical Assistance, Ussene Issa, confirmed the cases of cholera, saying all five were reported in the Munhava area of Beira.
The World Health Organisation,WHO has already shipped some 900,000 doses of an oral cholera vaccine to Mozambique.
It has been almost two weeks since the cyclone hit southern Africa, with Mozambique bearing the brunt but parts of Zimbabwe and Malawi also devastated.
At
least 3 million people have been affected by the cyclone in total, according to
UN figures.
