Mali Death Toll From Cholera Outbreak Rises to 29, Health Ministry Says

Article from Bloomberg :

" The death toll in Mali’s cholera outbreak climbed to 29 people, with 552 total cases reported, said Diallo Madeleine Ba, the country’s minister of health.

The toll accounts for the period from the start of the outbreak in early July to Aug. 6, she said in a statement read on state-owned Radio Mali today. The illnesses were reported in the northeast cities of Timbuktu and Mopti, she said.

Drugs and disinfectants have been made available to the regions to combat the disease, she said. Cholera, a bacterial infection, is spread through contaminated water and food."

Cholera claims more lives in Mali

Via IOL News :

" Bamako : A cholera outbreak in Mali in July left 19 dead and over 200 infected in the north and centre of the country, health authorities said on Wednesday.

Boubacar Bogoba Diarra of the health ministry said that from July 16 to July 25, 223 cases of cholera were detected in the Mopti and Timbuktu regions, while 19 people died.

He added that 114 cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Mopti, while in the Timbuktu area there were 79 cases and eight deaths."