The cholera outbreak that has been affecting some countries in the southern African region since the end of last year has caused the death of a total of 37 people in Mozambique, the Minister of Health announced yesterday. The victims are among the 5,260 cases recorded by the Mozambican authorities, at a time when the country is going through a period marked...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, warned yesterday of the risk of worse days ahead throughout the country, due to the floods, which are affecting more than 39,000 people, particularly in the province and city of Maputo. Nyusi's warning was made this Tuesday (14), in Maputo, in a communication to the nation, in which...
The African Union's Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said today it was concerned about the spread of the cholera outbreak in Malawi to other neighboring countries, notably Mozambique. "We are working closely with the Malawi authorities to contain the outbreak of cholera, which is a preventable disease...
Six deaths occurred in the district of Lago and four in the city of Lichinga, the provincial capital, according to José Manuel, director of the provincial health service in Niassa, quoted today by Rádio Moçambique. According to the official, of the more than 600 cases of cholera diagnosed in the province since the outbreak, 612 have been discharged from hospital and 13...