“Since 4 April, we have detected 130 cases of cholera in the Pool. We were notified of a yellow fever case in western Cuvette; It is the first [case] that the Congo has registered since 1966,” Jean-Joseph Akouala, head of the epidemiological service in the Ministry of Health, said on 6 May.
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
