UPDATED: Mozambique cholera cases now above 1,400; vaccines arrive
Authorities announced a second death from cholera, which causes acute diarrhea and is spread by contaminated food and water -- conditions that some 128,000 displaced cyclone survivors now risk daily while living in temporary, often crowded, shelters. Cholera can kill within hours if not treated.
The city of a half-million residents is most at risk from cholera but the disease also is reported in outlying communities in central Mozambique. The new death was in Dondo, government officials said.That figure was already more than double the 500 beds that are now open in seven cholera treatment centres across the region, though the World Health Organization said it plans to "boost the capacity significantly.
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