Pestilence

Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after outbreak
The AP reports: "Cholera cases in Mozambique among survivors of a devastating cyclone have shot up to 139, officials said, as nearly 1 million vaccine doses were rushed to the region and health workers desperately tried to improvise treatment space for victims. Cholera causes acute diarrhea, is spread by contaminated food and water and can kill within hours if not treated. The disease is a major concern for the hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in the southern African nation now living in squalid conditions in camps, schools or damaged homes."

Comment: This is a sad development, a consequence of disaster hitting a country with poorly developed infrastructure of medical facilities. Let's pray they get the outbreak under control.