Disease fears mount for Africa cyclone survivors 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseDisease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing millions of survivors following the powerful tropical cyclone which ravaged southern Africa 10 days ago, officials warned on Sunday. “The people don’t know what to do because they lost their houses, they have no food, they don’t know where to sleep — this brings sadness and anxiety,” said Father Pedro, who conducted a mass in darkness late on Saturday. Much of the area hit by the cyclone remains disconnected from electricity supplies, complicating rescue efforts at night-fall. Those shelters also “run the risk of infectious disease such as diarrhoeal disease and measles”, James McQuen Patterson, UNICEF’s health and nutrition chief told AFP.

Source: Manila Bulletin March 24, 2019 20:37 UTC