Cholera in Angola: More than 300 people have died since the beginning of the year
The biggest concern of Kuwanza Norte Province, 33 deaths less than a week. Officials have decided to sanitary fence in Lionha and vaccinated more than 925,000 in the most affected areas.
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More than 300 people have died with cholera victims in Angola since January 7, with a total of 8,141 cases in 14 provinces, the Health Ministry said.
According to the last epidemiological report on March 20, the country registered 191 new cases and 15 deaths, which were Kuwanza Norte (6), Luanda (6), Iko and Bengo (2) and Bengo (1).
Angolan Province Kuwanza Norte, 33 people died in less than a week, and recorded 59 new cases in the last 24 hours, which is the biggest concern of central and local authorities.
Sanitary fence Lionha, Kuwanza Norte is determined in the Norte region
From the beginning Spreading suddenlyA Cumulative Total of 8,141 Cases Was Reported, Being 4,026 in the Province of Luanda (Epicenter of the Disease) (44), Cuanza Sul (36), Cabinda (33)), Huila (07), and the provinces of cunene and cubango with one case every.
There were 313 deaths from the beginning of the infection, of which 151 were killed, 92 in Luvanda, 92 in Bengo province, 33 in Kuwanza Norte, 21 in Iko and 21 in Bengo, four in Malanja, three in Malanja, three, and jair and cabinda each.
Angolan officials have decided to sanitary fence in the Lionha region of Kajengo in Cuenza Norte Province, where there has been an increase in cholera cases in recent days.
North Cuwanza with the highest rate of fatalities
Health Minister Silvia Lutukuta said in Lua on Thursday night that Kuwanza Norte Province last week, 40% of cholera deaths and had a high fatal rate.
At least 925,026 residents were vaccinated in the most affected neighborhoods in the municipalities of Kakuako (Luvanda), Sequel (Ico and Bengo), Dande, USA, Panguila and Nambuangongo (Bengo).
Silvia Lutukuta also reported that Angola has resorted to the International Emergency Vaccine Coordinating Group and has allowed the most affected areas in the country since March 17 to obtain more than one million doses.
