Congregants pray outside during a service after their church was destroyed by Cyclone Idai, in Beira, Mozambique, March 24 2019. Picture: REUTERS/SIPHIWE SIBEKODisease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing millions of survivors following the powerful tropical cyclone that ravaged Southern Africa 10 days ago, officials warned on Sunday.
Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, also warned that disease outbreaks in inaccessible areas could be “really problematic”. Survivors are struggling in desperate conditions with some still trapped on rooftops and those rescued in urgent need of food and medical supplies.
Wilfried Deloviare, a 19-year-old resident of Beira, which was caught in the eye of the storm, said he felt “sorry for our town, our city, because we suffered a lot to build it”. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had recorded two cases of cholera so far but the UN was unable to confirm the reports.Stampa described efforts to reopen the main access road to Beira as a “big victory”.Those living in affected areas of Mozambique began to trickle back to church over the weekend.
Much of the area hit by the cyclone remains disconnected from electricity supplies, complicating rescue efforts at nightfall.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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