Mozambique: Tete on high alert following cholera outbreaks in neighbouring countries

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Mozambique: Tete on high alert following cholera outbreaks in neighbouring countries

1:47 CAT | 23 Oct 2023

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Tete province is on high alert due to the detection of cholera cases in neighbouring countries, especially Malawi.

Particularly affected are the districts of Angónia, Doa, Mutarara, Tsangano and Macanga, the last of which has diagnosed cases of the disease and recorded two deaths.

Health authorities in Tete are also concerned about outbreaks of diarrhoea and vomiting especially in Moatize district, which has at least 35 cases, of which 16 were hospitalised and one resulted in a fatality.

Tete chief medical officer Charifo Gentivo clarified that, pending laboratory results, current efforts were focussed on purifying water sources in communities in the at-risk districts.

Source: Rádio Moçambique