Angola: Cholera Outbreak - Angola Registers 142 New Cases

Angola: Cholera Outbreak - Angola Registers 142 New Cases

Luanda -- A sum of 142 new cases of cholera were registered in the last 24 hours in the provinces of Benguela, Cuanza-Norte, Luanda, Bengo, Malanje, Icolo e Bengo, Namibe and Zaire.

300 dead in Angola's cholera outbreak

Angola's cholera outbreak has now claimed 329 lives, the World Health Organization said Saturday, warning that the risk of further transmission in the country and surrounding areas was "very high". The resource-rich African nation has been experiencing a substantial cholera outbreak since January, with a total of 8,543 cases as of March 23. Angola struggles with high poverty rates and poor sanitation despite its oil wealth. The WHO said the outb…

Angola: More than 500 cases of cholera, 27 deaths in three days

Angola has reported 511 more cases of cholera in the last three days, 27 of which were fatal, with Benguela province now at the epicentre of the disease, according to epidemiological bulletins from the Ministry of Health. Since the outbreak began on 7 January, 9,785 cases and 383 deaths have been recorded, with a fatality rate of 3.9%, above the standard. Most of the new cases have been reported in Benguela, Kwanza Norte and Luanda. In the last …

The cholera epidemic that has affected Angola since January 7th has caused the death of at least 329 people and the registration of 8,543 cases, reported the World Health Organization (WHO) in its latest bulletin. The lethality rate stands at a worrying 3.9%, which raises the alert among national and international health authorities. The outbreak has spread rapidly to 16 of the 21 provinces of the African country, affecting people of all ages, a…

More than 8,500 people have been infected and 300 have died from cholera in Angola. The bacterial epidemic is taking its toll mostly in Africa. Since the beginning of the year, more than three hundred people ... ...

Cholera is an acute intestinal infection spread by food and water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, often from feces.