WHO warns of a 'second disaster' in Mozambique if waterborne diseases like cholera spread in the region devastated by Cyclone Idai
Floodwater covers the ground in a devastated area of Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique. Photograph: Wikus de Wet/AFP/Getty Images
Cholera is a major concern for hundreds of thousands of survivors now living in squalid conditions. The disease is spread by contaminated food and water, causes acute diarrhea and can kill within hours if not treated with oral rehydration solution or i intravenous fluids in severe cases. "You can imagine how much we are sitting on a water and sanitation ticking time bomb," the secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Elhadj As Sy, told The Associated Press last week after visiting a school where 3,000 survivor s were sheltering with only six toilets between them.
The death toll in Mozambique is now at least 468, with at least 259 dead in Zimbabwe and 56 in Malawi. Some bodies have been found and buried without being registered with authorities. Others were washed away.Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday announced that the search and rescue phase had ended.
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