The City of Maputo currently has around 4500 active cases of hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. Since the first notification, on February 21st, the country’s capital has recorded more than 18 thousand cases. The Kamubukwana district has the highest number of registered cases, around 6 thousand. Alice de Abreu says that there are awareness brigades in place in the neighborhoods to avoid the worst. However, looking at all the provinces, cases of hemorrhagic conjunctivitis tend to reduce in the province of Nampula, identified as one of the most affected by the disease. Apart from conjunctivitis, the country has cases of cholera that It has already caused deaths. The City of Maputo, currently with 18 emergency accommodation centers active due to the floods, remains resistant to the disease, despite the existence of acute diarrhea. Alice de Abreu says that for easy control of a possible outbreak of cholera, the accommodation centers where the flood victims are, they were fixed close to the health units. Source:O País
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