Thirty people have so far died from Cholera outbreak in Malawi since the outbreak was recorded in February, according to health officials.
Officials from the health ministry have said that the number of infections has risen to 893 from 844 in March.
According to the spokesperson for the health ministry, Joshua Malango, cases in the capital, Lilongwe, rose to 352 from 305 and deaths from 14 to 18 during the period of March 26 to April 11.
The cholera outbreak has been blamed largely on drinking water from shallow, contaminated sources.
Malango had said that 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
