Cholera kills 1,109 as disease spreads in Angola

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Angola has hit 1,109 and the disease has spread to another province, officials said today.

Almost 100 delegates attended a meeting of national health authorities in the capital Luanda to consider the latest report on the outbreak, which said that more than 27,700 people have been sickened by the disease in 11 of the country’s 18 provinces.