26 cholera cases reported on French island of Mayotte, stretching medical facilities; imported cases from neighboring Comoros.
26 cholera cases reported on French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, stretching medical facilities to their limit. First locally acquired cases appeared alongside 10 imported ones. The medical staffing situation at the main hospital is "highly critical", prompting the opening of a second cholera unit. Mayotte's imported cases mainly arrived from neighboring Comoros, which has been fighting a cholera epidemic.
April 28, 2024
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