In a newsletter published this Monday, May 6, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Mayotte reports that six cases of cholera remain active on the island. The total number of cases registered to date amounts to 58 since the beginning of the alert launched in mid-March.
4,058 “contact” people vaccinated
According to Bastien Morvan, chief of staff of ARS Mayotte, interviewed by BFMTV.com last April, the cholera cases “have all been reported in the same commune, Koungou, in the north of Mayotte”, specifying that they are currently being treated of “”Native cases”, which occurred in situ, unlike the first cases. which had been imported from the Comoros.
In total, 4,058 people identified as “contacts” were vaccinated and 380 received treatment. The disease is transmitted directly from person to person, but also through water sources contaminated with human waste.
To contain and reduce the risk of spread of the disease, the Regional Health Agency has reinforced its interventions on the ground and has opened two “cholera units” at the Dzoumogné referral medical center.
In addition to these measures, screening and vaccination work has been carried out, as well as patrols reminding the population of the appropriate actions to take, such as washing hands periodically and drinking drinking water.
A week ago, the Minister of Health, Frédéric Valletoux, announced his intention to travel to Mayotte on May 9 and 10. “The State takes the situation very seriously and the teams are fully mobilized. “The local authorities will continue to work to support the Mahorais territory in this health situation,” he explained in an interview with France Télévisions on May 1. Of the 58 cases of cholera recorded, no deaths have been reported, the ARS indicates in its newsletter.
Source: BFM TV
