Mozambique: Number of Cholera Cases Still Rising

The Mozambican health authorities are concerned over the rise in cholera cases in several of the country's provinces, which is blamed on continuing heavy rains. Maputo city chief doctor Nidia Remane, cited in Wednesday's issue of the daily paper "Noticias", said that the average number of admissions to the Cholera Treatment Centre, at the Mavalane General Hospital, stood at about 150 a day, but the figure rose to 167 on Tuesday.