The cholera epidemic that hit the islands of Grand Comoro and Anjouan a few months ago has now subsided, media reports said on Thursday. The Indian Ocean archipelago's director of health, Dr. Mbaye Toyb, was quoted as saying that four new cases were diagnosed on Grand Comoro last week while the weekly total on Anjouan had dropped from 370 to 12. He warned, however, that a possible resurgence of the disease could not be ruled out." We need to be more vigilant and enhance the awareness campaign to sensitise the population," he said. Meanwhile, an official from the Comorian ministry of health expressed concern that all cholera patients on Grand Comoro were being sent to El-Maarouf hospital. "We need to open specialised cholera wards in all districts affected by the disease so as to reduce the risk of infection during the transfer of patients," the Moroni district health officer, Dr. Karima, said.
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