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Cholera cases increase to 271 in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit Beira

31 March 2019, 8:42 AM  |
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At least two people had died outside hospitals with symptoms including dehydration and diarrhea.

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At least two people had died outside hospitals with symptoms including dehydration and diarrhea.

The number of confirmed cases of cholera in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit port city of Beira has nearly doubled to 271 in the last 48 hours, the southern African nation’s government said on Saturday.

Government and aid workers are seeking to contain the spread of the disease after cyclone Idai smashed into Beira on March 14th, unleashing catastrophic flooding and killing more than 700 people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

At the opening of a temporary treatment centre in Beira, Environment Minister Celso Correia said there had been 271 cases of cholera reported. He said 138 of those had arrived at medical centres in the last 48 hours.

“We don’t have any deaths registered within our hospitals,” Correia said.

On Friday, he said at least two people had died outside hospitals with symptoms including dehydration and diarrhea.

Many areas in Mozambique and Zimbabwe that were heavily hit by the storm still cannot be accessed by road.

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