President Lazarus Chakwera has been urged to declare Malawi a state of national disaster and call for support from the international community over the cholera outbreak. “We demand that President Chakwera should immediately declare cholera a national disaster and call for support from the international community. In Malawi, 704 deaths have died of cholera and 21, 024 cases have been recorded since March. According to Namiwa, it was discovered last month that government had only bought 200 out of the required 1.2 million doses of IV fluids, especially Ringers Lactate used to treat cholera. “Actually, not even the bare minimum is being achieved in providing resources to treat cholera patients and, also, stop the spread of the outbreak,”he said.

Source: Washington Post January 10, 2023 04:00 UTC