Newsdeck: Cyclone Idai: Number of cholera cases surges in Mozambique

At least 1,428 people have been infected as the Mozambican government and aid agencies try to contain the outbreak, health officials told journalists in the coastal city of Beira on Tuesday.

Cyclone Idai crashed into Mozambique on March 14, causing catastrophic flooding which has killed more than 500 people in the country. At least 259 people have been killed in Zimbabwe and 56 in Malawi . O Officials at the health ministry say they have stepped up hygiene awareness and education campaigns in areas impacted by the cyclone.

Many health centres in the cyclone-affected communities have been swept away by flood waters, while the health centres run by relief agencies are barely enough to support thousands of displaced people.

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