Mozambique confirms first cholera cases in wake of cyclone
By Reuters
28 March 2019 |
5:27 am
Mozambique said on Wednesday five cases of cholera had been confirmed around the badly damaged port city of Beira after a powerful cyclone killed more than 700 people across a swathe of southern Africa.
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