Cyclone Freddy Survivors seeking shelters in various facilities are living miserable life due to poor environmental conditions.
A suspected scabies outbreak has hit Nyenje camp in Machinga which has brought panic among survivors seeking shelter at the facility
Reports are indicating that four children and a woman have with sores accompanied by big rashes across their arms, hands, and palms, scratching themselves to relieve the pain and itching sensation from the sores.
Chairperson for the camp, Mayor Abu, has conceded poor sanitation and lack of sleeping space which be suspects to be the cause.
However, Spokesperson for Machinga district health, Clifton Ngozo, has said that his office plans to procure medication which has run out amidst a strained health human resource, spread in two mobile clinic teams supervising 71 camps in the district.
On the same matter, Classes at Lisawo Primary School in Chiradzulu have been suspended after opening as learners and teachers are complaining of bed bug infestation (Sikidzi) in some classroom blocks.
Head teacher for the school Vinicent Nowa has suspected that this is due to the presence of over 400 flood survivors who are camping at the school, whose presence there, “has made teaching and learning difficult.
Meanwhile, a health expert, Professor Maureen Chirwa, has urged Cyclone Freddy survivors to observe principles of hygiene.
