Meque acknowledged the assistance provided by civil society organizations to flood victims. “There is a very strong movement in Maputo to support victims,” ​​she said. “I hope people will continue this solidarity.”

Meque said the INGD-run accommodation center for flood victims has a mobile clinic and technical staff from the electricity company EDM and the government’s Water Supply Investment and Wealth Fund (FIPAG). “We have a very large group with participants from all walks of life,” she said. Regarding the impact of the floods on Manica, District Manager Maria Fernanda said only 524 of the 256,000 people living in the district have been rescued from the floods and need to be relocated.

All are in good health, she said, including three pregnant women who are being “fully cared for.”

Fernanda said members of the Mozambique Defense Forces (FADM) are conducting search and rescue operations in every corner of the district, but so far have not found groups of people stranded by the floods in Incomati, she added. .

Her known death toll from the floods was seven, and about 3,500 homes were submerged.

Pf / (303) 49223E cholera occurred in his 3 cases in Tanbara

Chimoio, Mozambique, 15 February (AIM) – Manica province in central Mozambique has registered three cholera cases after 11 years without an outbreak. Three cases were diagnosed in the Tanbara district in the northern part of the prefecture. Tambara borders Tete province, which is battling a cholera outbreak believed to have been brought in from Malawi.

Xavier Isidro, director of Manica provincial health services, confirmed three cases on Tuesday and said health officials were working to prevent the disease from spreading to other parts of Manica.

“We have other cases of diarrhea and are working to find out if it is cholera. Laboratory analysis has yet to confirm any cases of cholera other than the first of these three. .” Of the three confirmed cases, none have died.

“Cholera has been diagnosed in the neighboring provinces of Tete and Sofala. It puts us on high alert,” he said. “We are ready. We don’t want our state to register any more cases of the disease.” A state contingency plan for cholera prevention has been developed. “All health stations in the state have medical equipment to treat any case related to cholera. I can say, ”he explained Izidoro.

A center to treat all diarrheal diseases has already been set up in the town of Chimoio. “We have medical professionals ready to respond to any possible outbreak in our state,” he added.

“We monitored all registered cases of diarrhea in Manica,” Isidoro continued. “So far everything is calm. But it’s important to be careful to avoid an outbreak of cholera.”