Cholera continues to spread in Mayotte. According to the latest information bulletin from the Regional Health Agency, 58 cases have now been confirmed in the department since March 19, including six active cases.
58 cases of cholera have now been confirmed in Mayotte since March 19, according to the latest bulletin from the Regional Health Agency published this Monday, May 6. The ARS reports 6 active cases, 380 identified contact cases and 4,058 people vaccinated. If the first cases came from the Comoros, where the epidemic is wreaking havoc, particularly in Anjouan, the spread of the disease accelerated after the detection of the first indigenous cases of cholera in Koungou at the end of April.
A screening center and mobile vaccination points have been deployed. A new unit for treating cholera cases was inaugurated at the Dzoumogné medical center. During her visit to Mayotte, the Minister for Overseas Territories Marie Guévenoux announced that that of the CHM will be enlarged by twenty places. The Minister for Health Frédéric Valletoux will visit the department on May 9 and 10.
