Maputo, 15 Nov (AIM) – The outbreak of cholera in the central and northern regions of Mozambique has caused at least 150 deaths over the last two months.
According to the government spokesperson, Deputy Justice Minister Filimão Suaze, who was speaking on Tuesday, in Maputo, after a meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet) the worst hit area is the central province of Zambézia.
“These are national figures from September to the present”, said Suaze. “There have been a total of 36,930 diagnosed cases, causing 150 deaths, with a lethality rate of 0.4 percent”.
In the last 24 hours, the country has recorded 70 cases of cholera, 62 of whom have been hospitalized. In the last seven days, the health authorities have reported 505 new cases.
“In terms of districts with active outbreaks of cholera, we can mention Montepuez and Chiúre districts, in Cabo Delgado province; Nampula city; Macanga and Zumbo in Tete; and Gurúè, Gilé, and Mocuba, in Zambézia”, Suaze said.
The previous session of the Council of Ministers sent brigades to the central and northern provinces of the country with the mission of assessing on the ground the outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, particularly cholera, associated with the start of the rainy season in October.
In the last rainy season, from November 2022 to May 2023, cholera affected over 30,000 people in Mozambique and caused at least 141 deaths, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
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