Cholera appears after cyclone Iday in three African countries: first banana death

The cholera vaccination campaign continues in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe and its suburbs, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, adding that new batches of vaccines are awaiting the end of the second cycle of cholera. vaccination, which provides protection for three to five years.

Death was recorded in the coastal city of Pera, Mozambique, which has suffered tremendous damage and the human toll of Hurricane Idai, which ravaged several African countries on March 14.

In a recent statistic released by Africa News, based on government reports and UN data, the total number of people killed in the three cyclone-affected countries reached 820, including 501 in Mozambique, 185 in Zimbabwe and 60 in Malawi.

While the total number of injured in the three countries, according to the same site, 2359 injured. The total number of people affected was estimated at 1.12 million. He pointed out that 99,317 houses were damaged or destroyed in Mozambique alone, while families displaced from their homes in Zimbabwe and Malawi reached 35,328 families after the floods swept through their villages and towns and cities. swept their homes.

Cholera, which causes diarrhea, high fever and weakness, is a stagnant water and the main transmission language among the population. Very quickly in the three affected countries, he recorded the first death in Mozambique.

"We have now registered a case of death due to cholera," said Osini Issa, national director of medical assistance in Mozambique, to the TV channel Tvn. Dying of cholera in our health facilities. Issa said 517 cases had been recorded Sunday, compared with 271 reported on Saturday.The cholera outbreak in Mozambique has spread more than once in the past five years.

According to the World Health Organization, 2,000 people were infected with cholera during the last epidemic, which ended in February 2018.