Mozambique: – Conjunctivitis Outbreak Spreads to Seven Mozambican Provinces

Maputo — The Mozambican health authorities have already recorded over 8,000 cases of conjunctivitis, since the disease has spread to seven provinces in less than a month.

The disease has been recorded in the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula, and the central provinces of Zambezia and Sofala. It has now spread south to Inhambane, and Maputo city and province.

According to the national director of public health, Quinhas Fernandes, who was speaking to reporters on Monday, in Maputo,…