African cyclone survivors risk ‘second wave’ of loss with disease threat
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation, 21/03/2019
At least half a million survivors of a powerful cyclone in southeast Africa are at risk of fatal diseases, from cholera and dysentery to malaria, aid workers warned on Thursday, as rescue teams struggled to reach flood-hit communities.
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