The anger outbreak that began in the province of Luanda, with epicenter in the neighborhood of Paraíso, municipality of Cacuaco, with a total of 94 cases and six deaths, extended this week to the provinces of Bengo (12 cases) and Icolo and Icolo and Bengo (9 cases, 1 death).
They are in processing in the National Reference Laboratory, 16 suspected case samples.
The 224 reported cases refer to people aged 2 to 70 years, of which 103 are male and 121 female.
The government appealed to the population to have preventive care in the face of increasing cases of cholera, which can be aggravated by the rains of the coming months.
"Given the rapid progression of cases and deaths, there is a high risk of expansion of the outbreak across the country, especially in densely populated areas with limited access to drinking water and weak sanitation," said the Angolan Ministry of Health in a statement.
The outbreak has been aggravated by the precipitation of recent weeks, a "situation that could get worse, with the arrival of the most intense rainfall in March and April."
Cholera "is a serious and contagious disease transmitted by water consumption or food contaminated by the microbe of the disease and can lead to death if the sick person is not treated quickly," warns the ministry, which recommends preventive behaviors.
Washing your hands often, treating drinking water with drops of strap, boiling water, washing raw food with boiled water or disinfecting the bathrooms are some of the health authorities' recommendations.
In suspicious cases, a lot of liquids or homemade whey should be "with boiled water, sugar and salt before transporting the patient to a health unit.
