MOZAMBIQUE: Cholera spreads in central provinces

JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - Fears that cholera may be spreading throughout central Mozambique has forced the government to issue the highest state of alert. "We are dealing with a cholera outbreak and unfortunately it has already started spreading," Fernanda Teixeira, Secretary General of the Red Cross in Mozambique told IRIN. "In the beginning we were not sure if it was cholera because of the high mortality rates." According to Mozambique's National Disaster Management...