国际英语资讯:11 centers set up to fight cholera in Idai-hit areas of Mozambique: UN
<p><span word="UNITED">UNITED</span> <span word="NATIONS">NATIONS</span>, <span word="April">April</span> 1-- <span word="Humanitarian">Humanitarian</span> <span word="aid">aid</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="ravaged">ravaged</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Cyclone">Cyclone</span> <span word="Idai">Idai</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stave">stave</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cholera">cholera</span>, <span word="establishing">establishing</span> 11 <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="centers">centers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mozambique">Mozambique</span> <span word="alone">alone</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="those">those</span> 11 <span word="sites">sites</span>, <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="operational">operational</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>-<span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="port">port</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Beira">Beira</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Stephane">Stephane</span> <span word="Dujarric">Dujarric</span>, <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="Antonio">Antonio</span> <span word="Guterres">Guterres</span>.</p><p>"<span word="A">A</span> <span word="cholera">cholera</span> <span word="vaccination">vaccination</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>," <span word="Dujarric">Dujarric</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="Some">Some</span> 258 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> 24 <span word="hours">hours</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vector">vector</span>-<span word="borne">borne</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span>, <span word="with">with</span> 276 <span word="malaria">malaria</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>."</p><p><span word="Cholera">Cholera</span>, <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="contaminated">contaminated</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="water">water</span>, <span word="causes">causes</span> <span word="diarrhea">diarrhea</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="treated">treated</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Idai">Idai</span>, <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Malawi">Malawi</span>, <span word="Mozambique">Mozambique</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="topped">topped</span> <span word="the">the</span> 700 <span word="mark">mark</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Mozambique">Mozambique</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="reporting">reporting</span> 501 <span word="fatalities">fatalities</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</span>, <span word="Emmerson">Emmerson</span> <span word="Mnangagwa">Mnangagwa</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="shortly">shortly</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cyclone">cyclone</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="March">March</span> 14 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="feared">feared</span> 1,000 <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="storm">storm</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="about">about</span> 180 <span word="fatalities">fatalities</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</span>.</p><p><span word="Officials">Officials</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="buried">buried</span>, <span word="without">without</span> <span word="registration">registration</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="shallow">shallow</span> <span word="graves">graves</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="corpses">corpses</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="washed">washed</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span> <span word="rains">rains</span> <span word="accompanying">accompanying</span> <span word="Idai">Idai</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Economic">Economic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Social">Social</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="convene">convene</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Special">Special</span> <span word="Meeting">Meeting</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Cyclone">Cyclone</span> <span word="Idai">Idai</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mozambique">Mozambique</span>, <span word="Malawi">Malawi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span>.</p>
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