DODOMA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 1,853 cholera cases were reported from July 2023 to March 2024 in 16 regions of Tanzania's mainland, Minister of Health Ummy Mwalimu told the parliament on Monday.

"The outbreak of cholera was the only outbreak of an epidemic that was hugely reported compared to any other epidemic during the period under review," said Mwalimu without revealing the number of fatalities.

Presenting her ministry's budget proposals for the 2024/2025 financial year in the House in the capital of Dodoma, Mwalimu said the ministry has been working closely with other relevant ministries to control cholera from spreading further.

She said the outbreak of the disease was reported in Mara, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Kigoma, Kagera, Singida, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Tabora, Ruvuma and Mwanza regions.

In February this year, Mwalimu said a cholera outbreak was reported in 12 regions in 2023, with 927 cholera cases and 27 deaths. Enditem

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