Mozambique is going through its worst cholera outbreak in more than a decade in the wake of Cyclone Freddy, the World Health Organization said Friday. ManilaBulletin
"While cholera outbreaks regularly occur in Mozambique between October to April, with almost 21,000 cases and 95 deaths, this is the largest outbreak in more than a decade," said Severin von Xylander, the WHO's representative in the southeast African country.
Quelimane is the worst-affected city and in the last 24 hours, 132 people have been admitted to cholera treatment centres and 350 people have received cholera care visits. A first cholera vaccination campaign started in late February in four provinces. More than 715,000 people were given a single shot.Vaccination programmes will be extended to other provinces, with more than 1.35 million people currently being targeted.
Cyclone Freddy destroyed more than 132,000 homes and 184,000 people were displaced, and while the floods are now receding, access to safe water is "challenging", he said, while around a third of crops have been destroyed.
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