Malawi Faces Worst-Ever Cholera Outbreak With 990 People Killed
- Southern African nation has run out of cholera vaccines
- Mistrust between local people and medical personnel spirals
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Malawi’s worst cholera outbreak on record has left 990 people dead, with only one district managing to contain the disease.
The landlocked nation, prone to tropical storms and cyclones, has been battling a resurgence of the water-borne diarrheal disease since March. A previous outbreak that started in April 2001 killed 968 people in the country, according to the World Health Organization.