our africa health correspondent rhoda odhiambo has more from blantyre one of the worst hit areas. it s a double tragedy because if we look at the cholera outbreak that has been here in malawi for close to a year, blantyre and lilongwe are somel of the districts that are recording high cases and high deaths, - especially cases from people who are coming from densely populated areas. now if we look at some of the areas that have been badly affected by cyclone freddy, i these are also the areas that are densely populated most of the schools are washed away, their homes are washed away, the roads and bridges. - so the little infrastructure - that was there, the decent toilets that were available, it gives cholera an opportunity to thrive and therefore, the risk of cholera cases. being reported is quite high. the added problem with cholera after the destruction of cyclone freddie.
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more like a yearly flu shot, including a potential single shot that could immunize against both. the idea is a new simplified vaccine strategy. pfizer, moderna and novavax all say they re in the early stages of testing a single shot for covid and the flu. in the meantime the fda advisory panel voted unanimously to have all vaccines use the same formula targeting the same strains. the fda must sign off on the panel s decision. akol ler ra outbreak has left more than a thousand people dead in a year. more than 31,000 cholera cases has bhappened. people who fled drought and conflict and sought refuge in kenya have pushed the outbreak
diarrhoea diseases. therefore, we are was spending as a district. we still give them the messages about prevention, but we are expecting the increase in the number of cases. since the beginning of the year, more than 29 countries around the world have reported cholera cases with africa bearing the highest burden and with climate change, droughts and floods and ever present threat, more outbreaks are expected. one of the most significant scientific projects of the 21st century begins its construction today on the world s biggest telescope. the square kilometre array is a network of radio antenna.