The Ministry of Health informs, in a statement, that it has recorded news of an outbreak with characteristics of malaria, in the cities of Benguela, Catumbela and Lobito, the magnitude of which is not yet known. still determined.
The Institution will send a high-level delegation to the Province of Benguela this Tuesday, June 8, to diagnose the situation and implement the necessary measures, to restore, as quickly as possible, the health conditions of the populations, possibly affected. The Province of Benguela is recording two thousand cases of malaria per day. The information was provided by the Provincial Director of Health, who speaks of the record of one death/day, for four hundred registered cases.