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Malawi Cholera Cases Pass 500, Eight People Dead

by Reuters

   BLANTYRE --

   Cholera cases in Malawi have tripled and four more people have died,
   the Ministry of Health said on Monday, a month after the spread of the
   disease from Zambia was thought to have been contained.

   Ministry of Health spokesman Joshua Malango said the number of cases
   had increased to 527 from 157 recorded in January, and that deaths had
   doubled from four to eight.

   He said new cases continued to emerge in Central and Northern Malawi
   districts, including the administrative capital, Lilongwe where 10 new
   cases were recorded at the weekend.

   "It's mainly due to drinking of water from contaminated, shallow
   sources. We've intensified chlorine spraying in the localised infection
   centres," he said.