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Outbreak grows and country breaks record for cholera cases and deaths

Angola has broken a record for cases and deaths since the start of the cholera outbreak with 178 new cases and six deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the latest epidemiological bulletin from the Ministry of Health (Minsa).

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Angola now has a total of 1,888 cases and 65 deaths since the beginning of the outbreak, on the same day that a two-day vaccination campaign was launched to combat the disease that will cover almost one million Angolans in the most affected provinces (Luanda, Bengo and Icolo). and Bengo).

Immunization should take place at fixed posts in health units, churches and other places of worship, markets, schools and other points considered strategic, as well as in communities through mobile teams to reach people who cannot travel to vaccination posts.

Of the 178 most recent cholera cases, 108 occurred in Bengo province, 56 in Luanda province, 13 in Icolo and Bengo province and one in Huambo province. The six deaths were recorded in Bengo (4), Luanda (1) and Icolo and Bengo (1). Currently, 245 people are hospitalized with cholera.

Since the beginning of the outbreak on January 7, 1888 cases have been reported, of which 1062 in Luanda province, 530 in Bengo province, 280 in Icolo and Bengo province, 5 in Huambo province, 4 in Malanje province, 4 in Zaire province, 2 in Huíla province and 1 in Cuanza Norte province, aged between 2 and 100 years. Of the 65 deaths, 38 occurred in Luanda, 19 in Bengo and 8 in the province of Icolo and Bengo.

The most affected age group is 2 to 5 years old with 294 cases and 10 deaths, followed by the age group 10 to 14 years old with 250 cases and 5 deaths.

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