The cholera outbreak continues to hit Malawi\u2019s ailing health sector hard with 11 new cases registered in Nkhata Bay District after Karonga, where cumulative cases have risen to 118 as of Friday morning.
\nSo far, three deaths have been recorded in Karonga, with the latest one occurring at Nyungwe on Friday, where a child died in the community before being presented at a health facility.
\nSpokesperson for Nkhata Bay District Health Office, Christopher Singini, confirmed the development in the district saying they have apparently shifted the isolation camp from the district hospital to the high risk Kandezo Village.
\n\u201cMzuzu Central Hospital laboratory confirmed the cholera outbreak in the district from all the samples that we had sent, since then we have had 11 cumulative cases and three of those are still in camp,\u201d Singini said yesterday.
\nHe bemoaned that a majority of fishing villages defy the regular hygiene tendencies hence posing danger of the diarrhoeal infection to people especially this rainy season.
\n\u201cAs a case management strategy, we have taken the camp to the village where we are receiving most cases. At Kandezo we have a huge problem of open defecation,\u201d Singini added.
\nHe said the health education team has intensified sensitisation campaigns on proper hygiene and sanitation.
\nKaronga District Health Officer (DHO) Lewis Tukula has reiterated on the growing pressure on the medical supplies.
\nThe office, he said, is appealing for support from various stakeholders in order to contain the situation.
\n\u201cPresently, the outbreak has spread to almost every part of the district. We still have gaps though in terms of the necessary medical supplies and equipment,\u201d Tukula said.
\nSpokesperson in the Ministry of Health, Joshua Malango, said yesterday that the ministry has scaled up field investigations and surveillance.
\nThe cholera outbreak in the North originated from neighbouring Tanzania after two businesswomen got infected during a business errand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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