Doctors and nurses wearing Wellington boots and face masks tended to patients in tents at a hastily-erected treatment centre in Beira, Mozambique following the devastation of cyclone Idai and its aftermath.
Several dozen patients suspected of having cholera, an infection caused by bacteria, were grouped outside the hospital in the Macurungo neighbourhood according to the severity of their symptoms which can include diarrhoea.
At least 139 cholera cases have been reported in and around Beira, according to official tallies published Thursday.A mother stands with her children at an evacuation centre in Dondo, north of Beira, as authorities scramble to avert an epidemic after a devastating cyclone which killed more than 700 people and left countless thousands homeless .
Vast quantities of drinking water and water purification units have been delivered to affected areas accessible to aid teams as well as nine health centres including Macurungo. Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday met representatives of various international aid organisations in Beira. AFP/File/Yasuyoshi CHIBA
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