The deadliest cholera outbreak to hit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) in 20 years has reached the capital Kinshasa and its 12 million residents, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) say. The charity treated 157 people within a week of starting its response to the outbreak, one of whom has since died. Before reaching Kinshasa, the disease had killed 32 people and caused a suspected 826 cases since the end of November. MSF now fears the outbreak will spread like wildfire in a city which has lacked good access to clean drinking water and has bad sanitation. Neighbouring Zambia is also struggling to contain a cholera outbreak currently, recording more than 70 deaths since it began in 2017.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 26, 2018 16:28 UTC