Officials in Malawi have announced that Cholera cases in the country have reached over 500 with the number of deaths now reaching 8.
The spokesperson for Ministry of Health in Malawi Joshua Malango said on Monday that the number of cases had increased to 527 from 157 recorded in January.
He said new cases continued to emerge in Central and Northern Malawi districts with local media quoting him as saying “It’s mainly due to drinking of water from contaminated, shallow sources. We’ve intensified chlorine spraying in the localised infection centres.”
This year Zambia battled with Cholera outbreak forcing the government to ban street vending and public gatherings to contain the spread of the disease which killed 74 people since September last year. Most of the deaths were recorded in Lusaka.
The government in last month however said the number of new cases had fallen. A vaccinations exercise against cholera was carried out which targeted two million people.
Source: Africafeeds.com
