Cholera outbreak killed three people and hospitalized 480 since September

With the current hot season and the arrival of the rainy season, Mozambique may face an outbreak of cholera.

The Ministry of Health says it has registerd cases above those estimated for the time before the arrival of the rainy season. Since September, the "disease of dirty hands" killed three people and a total of 479 were hospitalized nationwide. Most cases were diagnosed in Nampula province, particularly in the provincial capital (Nampula) and Malema district.

The health sector said, yesterday, in the usual briefing on the epidemiological situation, on the status of the cholera and found that Mozambique is on high alert. "We are on high alert status, because we already have cases of cholera in some provinces. Nampula, for example, has been declared cholera epidemic. We are certain that we must work more with sanitation issues of the environment and prevent more people from being infected with this type of disease, "said Benign Matsinhe, Deputy National Director of Public Health.

In Nampula, the Malema district is considered highly endemic, with 180 cases and three deaths, but is below the numbers recorded in the city of Nampula: 299 people in two months.