Cholera spreads in al-Mahweet, 21,000 cases are registered
English - Sunday 23 December 2018 الساعة 08:36 am
Al-Mahweet – NewsYemen.net
The number of cholera patients in al-Mahweet province has risen to more than 21,000 this year, of whom 27 have died, statistics at the Health Ministry's office in the province said.
The statistics mentioned that the increasing disease indicators in the province started since the spread of cholera epidemic in April.
The outbreak coincided with a lack of capacity and the urgent need to establish centers to treat acute diarrhea and cholera in the affected districts by the epidemic.
The statistics distributed among districts: 1388 cases in al-Mahweet, 3798 in al-Taweelah, 2827 cases in Jabal al-Mahweet, 2453 cases in Shebam Kakban, 2483 cases in Bani Saad, 2218 in al-Khabt, 1310 cases in Hufash, 2812 cases in Malahan, 1488 in al-Rugom.
