Nearly 9,000 cases of cholera, 25 dead

Mozambique says that from October until January, the number of deaths from cholera has risen to 25. By 9 January, 8,878 cases of cholera had been notified. The lethality rate from the disease was 0.3 per cent. The worst hit provinces are Tete, Nampula, Zambezia and Cabo Delgado. A vaccination campaign against cholera began on Monday, and is due to end on Friday. It is aimed at everyone over one year of age in the districts of Chiure and Montepuez (in Cabo Delgado), Gile, Gurue and Mocuba (in Zambezia), Magoe, Zumbo and Moatize (in Tete), and Maringue (in Sofala). It is hoped to vaccinate about 2.3 million people.