The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that in the Kenyan region of the Tana River, 44 new cases of cholera were detected as a result of mixing flood water with drinking and household water.
A WHO WHO WHOSE says that floods caused by heavy rains in the East African country, starting in April, increased the risk of epidemics.
The statement notes that as a result of mixing flood water with drinking and household water, cases of cholera and malaria epidemics have become more frequent, and 44 new cases of cholera were revealed throughout the country.
According to this information, the efforts of the Kenyan government to respond to emergency situations will be supported: “We will maintain vigilance in relation to epidemics that may easily spread if they quickly do not take control.”
For risk areas, 20 sets were delivered for the treatment of pneumonia that could cure about 10 thousand people.
The statement reports that 238 people died as a result of a flood, from which more than a quarter of a million people suffered, the general health situation in the country is under close supervision.
Secretary of the Ministry of Health Kenya Mary Mutoni, distributing a means of purification of water in the capital of Nyrobi, along with health officers, warned that the risk of epidemic diseases could reach a dangerous level.
According to her, the epidemics transmitted through water can turn into a catastrophe if you do not intervene in time. Mutoni also noted that flood water in food will increase the risk of food safety.