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More malaria cases forecast

    JOHANNESBURG
    The South African authorities said on Wednesday that they expected the number of malaria cases to reach epidemic levels this year following heavy rains and flooding caused by Cyclone Eline. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) said 310 people had died of the mosquito-borne disease last year. “Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said that South Africa could face an epidemic this year because of flooding caused by Cyclone Eline. She said that 42,000 cases of malaria were reported in South Africa in 1998 and last year, making the outbreak of malaria the worst in the country in three decades,” the SABC said. The outbreaks occurred mainly in the country’s three low-lying provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Northern Province.

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