Via Actu30.info: South Kivu: 130 cases of cholera recorded within a week (provincial division of health). The Google translation:
130 cases of cholera were recorded over a period of one week in the province of South Kivu, announces the provincial division of health on a local media.
According to Claude Bahizire, communication officer of the DPS, the most affected territories are those of Kabare, Uvira and Fizi with respectively 22 cases, 52 cases and 28 cases.
The health zone Katana-Idjwi recorded 12 cases, he added.
The city of Bukavu is also affected by the epidemic with 7 cases recorded in Bagira commune, 5 cases in Kadutu commune and 4 cases in Ibanda commune.
While urging residents of South Kivu province to observe the hygiene measures established to deal with this epidemic, Claude Bahizire announces the imminent launch of awareness campaigns to stop the spread of the epidemic.
