1,500 Cholera Cases Reported In Flood-Wracked Mozambique - AFP

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More than 1,500 cases of cholera have been recorded in flood-stricken Mozambique, especially in the worst-hit central region, a senior health official said Tuesday.

"Since the start of this year, we have received in our hospitals 1,506 cholera patients of whom three died," deputy director for health Martinho Dgedge told AFP.

The deaths occurred in the central province of Sofala, one of the worst hit by the floods, he said.

Mozambique's ambassador to Portugal on Monday said the southern African nation was bracing for a cholera epidemic.

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