Cyclone Idai has killed more than 700 people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Nearly 700 people have been killed and thousands displaced by Cyclone Idai. CourtesyMAPUTO - The number of cholera cases has almost doubled in Mozambique in the past 24 hours and the port city of Beira has recorded its first death from the disease since a massive cyclone struck, health chiefs said on Sunday.
The aftermath may prove to be even deadlier with 1.85 million people displaced after entire villages were submerged and households swept away."We've now registered one death from cholera. The person came here in a very critical condition. The deceased is the first to die from cholera inside our health facilities," Mozambique's National Director for Medical Assistance, Ussene Isse, said on public television channel TVN.
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