Mozambique: 138 Cholera Cases Confirmed After Cyclone Idai

By Staff, Agencies

As much as 138 cholera cases were confirmed in two neighborhoods of the wrecked Mozambican port city of Beira in the wake of Cyclone Idai, the government announced on Friday.

“We expected this, we were prepared for this, we’ve doctors in place,” Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said.

Although there have been no confirmed cholera deaths in medical centers yet, at least two people died outside hospitals with symptoms including dehydration and diarrhea, Correia said.