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Death toll from Mozambique cholera outbreak reaches 45
At least 45 people have died from an outbreak of cholera in Mozambique's central Manica province, a top health official said on Wednesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 19:40 November 5, 2008
Maputo: At least 45 people have died from an outbreak of cholera in Mozambique's central Manica province, a top health official said on Wednesday.
More bodies had been found in remote areas to which some people suffering from the disease had moved after the disease broke out last week, provincial health director Quinhas Fernandes said.
"We have 45 people dead now since Friday, that is 24 children and 21 adults, and we still suspect that many more people have died outside health posts and in more remote places," he said.
"We are still searching for more bodies in the communities where new infections are being reported."
Consumption of untreated water taken directly from the Zambezi and Luenha rivers, and from a nearby lake were the cause of the outbreak, government investigators said.
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