Mozambique cholera cases rise above 1,400
A second person in Mozambique has died from cholera, which causes acute diarrhea and is spread by contaminated food and water.
Mozambique says cholera cases up to 271 in cyclone-hit city
The cholera cases have been discovered in the port city of Beira, whose half-million residents and especially those in crowded, poor neighborhoods are at particular risk.
Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 one day after outbreak
Cholera, which is spread by contaminated food and water, is a major concern for the hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors living in squalid conditions.
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Nearly 110,000 people are now in camps more than a week after Cyclone Idai hit and as efforts to rescue people trapped by the floods wind down, aid workers across the vast region are bracing for the spread of disease.
A second week has begun of efforts to find and help tens of thousands of people after Cyclone Idai devastated a large swath of Mozambique.
With the flooding easing in parts of cyclone-stricken Mozambique on Friday, fears are rising that the waters could yield up many more bodies.
Floodwaters have begun to recede in Mozambique's Beira, the worst-hit city, but rain continues in neighboring Zimbabwe.
Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi are mourning the loss of family, friends and neighbors after experiencing one of the most destructive storms in decades.
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