/ 6 January 1999

CHOLERA OUTBREAK MOVES SOUTH

THE outbreak of cholera in Mozambique which began in late November in northern Cabo Delgado province, has reached the central province of Manica. The first case was diagnosed on December 29. The local Noticias newspaper reported on Tuesday that the five cases identified so far are all from the locality of Vanduzi, although no deaths have been reported. Meanwhile, in Cabo Delgado the death toll as a result of cholera and of other forms of diarrhoeal diseases now stands at 594.