Schools reopen in Malawi’s two main cities after two-week closures due to cholera outbreak

Jan. 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Schools in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, and the city of Blantyre, the second most populous in the country, reopened their schools on Tuesday after nearly two weeks of closure due to a cholera outbreak that has left more than 750 dead. .

The Education Committee of the Malawi Parliament has called for close monitoring of the situation in educational centers and has pointed out that schools could be closed again if the situation worsens, as reported by the newspaper ‘The Daily Times’.

The president of the commission, Brainax Kaise, has stressed that “food from abroad should not be allowed to enter” and has stressed that there should be sinks in all centers. “It would be important for students to be given priority in the cholera vaccination campaign,” he said.

Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the ‘vibrio cholerae’ bacillus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) on its website, where it stresses that “cholera continues to be a threat for public health and an indicator of inequity and lack of social development”.