The disease continues to spread. In Mayotte, 161 cases of cholera have been recorded since mid-March, according to the latest report from the Regional Health Agency published on Monday, June 10. Of these cases, 11 remain “active.” The ARS also reports 885 contact cases “treated” and 5,912 “vaccinated.”
Two people have already died of cholera in Mayotte, the poorest French department, located on the Indian Ocean. They are a 62-year-old woman, who died on May 25, and a three-year-old child, who died on May 8.
Imported and indigenous cases
The first cases of cholera in the territory were recorded in mid-March in people returning from neighboring Comoros, where the epidemic is worsening. In Mayotte, at the end of April the first “native” cases diagnosed in patients who had not left the French island appeared.
Cholera, a bacterial disease that can cause acute diarrhea and lead to death from dehydration within one to three days, is transmitted through contaminated water or food. There are effective vaccines and treatments.
In the middle of the epidemic, almost all the doctors at the Mamoudzou hospital were on strike this Monday to protest the lack of staff at the establishment.
Source: BFM TV
