Cyclone Idai has killed at least 468 people and affected 1.85 million.
Mozambique was Thursday scaling up efforts to fight a cholera outbreak, creating nine centres and preparing a vaccination drive after the first five cases were confirmed in the cyclone-ravaged country.
Experts have warned that the destruction of drinking water sources and lack of sanitation in overcrowded shelters in Mozambique could create breeding grounds for waterborne diseases such as cholera. “The first objective is to control the outbreak,” he said, warning though that “there are other places that remain cut off”.
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