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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that Mozambique would launch a campaign against the cholera outbreak next week in areas affected by Hurricane Idai, following the discovery. five cases of cyclone cholera.
"Seven clinics have been created to treat cholera patients and two more will be built soon," said David Whitwick, a member of the WHO Response Team in the city of Pera, according to Euro News. .
"We will have about 900,000 oral vaccines next Monday and we will begin the vaccination campaign next week," Whitwick said.
Tens of thousands of people stranded in the cities affected by Hurricane Idai have not been able to access clean water, thus helping to spread cholera.Idai hit the coastal city of Pera on March 14, causing catastrophic floods. More than 700 people were killed in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in South-East Africa.
Cholera is an endemic disease in Mozambique, which has been spreading steadily over the past five years and killed some 2,000 people in the last outbreak that ended in February last year, the report said. World Health Organization (WHO).
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