By Rau\u0301l Massingue<\/b><\/p>\n
Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The first cholera patients in Niassa province were diagnosed in the district of Lago, which borders Malawi, a country that has registered more than 18,000 cases of the disease in recent months. Among the 379 cases registered in Lago, there were six deaths, and one patient remains hospitalised.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Lichinga, from the first week of December until this Sunday (8 December), we registered a total of 220 cases,\u201d revealed provincial director of Health Ramos Mboane. \u201cUnfortunately, two of these patients lost their lives due to complications caused by the disease. Currently, what worries us is the fact that we have other outbreaks in the districts of Sanga (neighbouring the districts of Lago and Lichinga), and also in Mecanhelas (district) in the south of the province. These districts are already reporting cases of diarrhoea. We collected samples that were sent to the National Institute of Health, and the results will tell whether or not we have cholera in those places.\u201d<\/p>\n Health authorities suspect that the cases are imported from Malawi. \u201cWe have to report an epidemiological connection with the outbreak in Malawi for the situation in the district of Lago, because the outbreak happened less than 10 km from the border,\u201d Mboane added. \u201cIn this case, we can say with some certainty that there is an epidemiological connection with the outbreak in Malawi. In terms of Lichinga, because there was movement of people from the district of Lago to Lichinga and vice versa.\u201d<\/p>\n Health authorities in Tete, another province bordering Malawi, are also on alert. \u201cWe have no confirmed cases as yet, but if there is any eventuality, we are ready to intervene. We have provincial and district teams working on the matter,\u201d said He\u0301lder Dombole, head of Public Health in Tete province.<\/p>\n The province of Zambezia has registered some cases of diarrhoea, but there is still no confirmation of a cholera outbreak. \u201cWe are carrying out the blockade,\u201d highlighted Ani\u0301bal Fernando, representative of the Provincial Health Directorate of Zambe\u0301zia. \u201cThat is, surveillance teams are working in the districts that border Malawi. In these places, we are disinfecting our hands with soap and water to prevent the disease from entering our province.\u201d<\/p>\n The authorities are urging the strict observance of preventive measures, especially as it is still the rainy season.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Rau\u0301l Massingue Africa-Press – Mozambique. The first cholera patients in Niassa province were diagnosed in the district of Lago, which borders Malawi, a country that has registered more than 18,000 cases of the disease in recent months. Among the 379 cases registered in Lago, there were six deaths, and one patient remains hospitalised. \u201cIn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":32080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-32082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\n