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Kipindupindu kimeua watu 620 nchini Malawi tangu kuanza kwa mlipuko huo mapema mwaka 2021, Waziri wa Afya Khumbize Chiponda ametangaza.
Hadi kufikia Januari 2, 2023, visa 18,222 vya ugonjwa wa kipindupindu vilithibitishwa, huku nchi ikirekodi watu 16,780 waliopona na 822 bado wako kwenye vituo vya matibabu.
Katika taarifa, Bi Chiponda aliongeza kuwa katika muda wa saa 24 zilizopita, nchi iliripoti jumla ya visa vipya 409, vifo vipya 25 na visa vipya 10 vinavyoshukiwa.
"Wilaya zote 29 za afya zimeripoti wagonjwa wa kipindupindu tangu kuthibitishwa kwa kisa cha kwanza mwezi Machi katika wilaya ya Machinga," alisema.
Awali Januari 2, 2023, serikali ya nchi hiyo iliahirisha ufunguzi wa shule za msingi na sekondari kwa angalau wiki mbili katika wilaya za Blantyre na Lilongwe.
Muhula huo mpya ulipangwa kuanza Januari 3, lakini ongezeko la visa vya maambukizi ya kipindupindu na vifo viliilazimu serikali kufuta mipango ya kufungua shule inapokabiliana na mlipuko huo.
Kipindupindu huambukizwa kutoka kwa bakteria ambayo kwa ujumla hupitishwa kupitia chakula au maji yaliyochafuliwa.
Husababisha kuhara na kutapika, na inaweza kuwa hatari hasa kwa watoto wadogo.
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Cholera has killed 620 people in Malawi since the onset of the outbreak early last year, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda announced.
As of Monday, 18,222 cumulative cases of cholera had been confirmed, with the country recording 16,780 people recovered and 822 still in treatment centres.
In a statement, Ms Chiponda added that in the previous 24 hours, the country reported a total of 409 new cases, 25 new deaths and 10 new suspected cases.
“All the 29 health districts have reported cholera cases since the confirmation of the first case in March in Machinga district,” she said.
Earlier on Monday, the country’s government postponed the opening of primary and secondary schools for at least two weeks in Blantyre and Lilongwe districts.
The new term was set to begin on January 3, but the increasing cases of cholera infections and deaths forced the government to cancel school reopening plans as it deals with the outbreak.
Cholera is contracted from a bacterium that is generally transmitted through contaminated food or water.
It causes diarrhoea and vomiting, and can be especially dangerous for young children.
THE EASTAFRICAN
Hadi kufikia Januari 2, 2023, visa 18,222 vya ugonjwa wa kipindupindu vilithibitishwa, huku nchi ikirekodi watu 16,780 waliopona na 822 bado wako kwenye vituo vya matibabu.
Katika taarifa, Bi Chiponda aliongeza kuwa katika muda wa saa 24 zilizopita, nchi iliripoti jumla ya visa vipya 409, vifo vipya 25 na visa vipya 10 vinavyoshukiwa.
"Wilaya zote 29 za afya zimeripoti wagonjwa wa kipindupindu tangu kuthibitishwa kwa kisa cha kwanza mwezi Machi katika wilaya ya Machinga," alisema.
Awali Januari 2, 2023, serikali ya nchi hiyo iliahirisha ufunguzi wa shule za msingi na sekondari kwa angalau wiki mbili katika wilaya za Blantyre na Lilongwe.
Muhula huo mpya ulipangwa kuanza Januari 3, lakini ongezeko la visa vya maambukizi ya kipindupindu na vifo viliilazimu serikali kufuta mipango ya kufungua shule inapokabiliana na mlipuko huo.
Kipindupindu huambukizwa kutoka kwa bakteria ambayo kwa ujumla hupitishwa kupitia chakula au maji yaliyochafuliwa.
Husababisha kuhara na kutapika, na inaweza kuwa hatari hasa kwa watoto wadogo.
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Cholera has killed 620 people in Malawi since the onset of the outbreak early last year, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda announced.
As of Monday, 18,222 cumulative cases of cholera had been confirmed, with the country recording 16,780 people recovered and 822 still in treatment centres.
In a statement, Ms Chiponda added that in the previous 24 hours, the country reported a total of 409 new cases, 25 new deaths and 10 new suspected cases.
“All the 29 health districts have reported cholera cases since the confirmation of the first case in March in Machinga district,” she said.
Earlier on Monday, the country’s government postponed the opening of primary and secondary schools for at least two weeks in Blantyre and Lilongwe districts.
The new term was set to begin on January 3, but the increasing cases of cholera infections and deaths forced the government to cancel school reopening plans as it deals with the outbreak.
Cholera is contracted from a bacterium that is generally transmitted through contaminated food or water.
It causes diarrhoea and vomiting, and can be especially dangerous for young children.
THE EASTAFRICAN
