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International aid helps Mozambique fight cholera in Beira
spectrum ^ | Mar. 31, 2019 | AP

Posted on 03/31/2019 9:12:40 AM PDT by bgill

Edited on 03/31/2019 10:22:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

As Mozambique battles to control a fast-spreading cholera outbreak in the cyclone-hit central city of Beira, international assistance is arriving. The number of cholera cases jumped to 271 over the weekend although no deaths from the disease had been reported. More than 500 people have died in Mozambique from Cyclone Idai, which slammed into Beira more than two weeks ago, according to government officials. Another 250 died in neighboring Zimbabwe and Malawi. The Chinese government has sent doctors to battle the cholera outbreak in Beira, a port city of 500,000. Chinese aid workers sprayed anti-cholera disinfectant in parts of Beira Sunday. The World Health Organization has said some 900,000 cholera vaccine doses are expected to arrive on Monday, with a vaccination campaign to start later this week.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; china; cholera; mozambique

1 posted on 03/31/2019 9:12:40 AM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

1) Don’t poop in your drinking water supply.
2) Don’t poop within 100 steps of your drinking water supply.
3) Bury your poop.

You can thank me later...


2 posted on 03/31/2019 9:40:03 AM PDT by null and void (If socialism is so grand, why are Guatemalans coming here instead of going to Venezuela?)
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