Cholera kills 150 people, infects 10,000 in Tanzania, World Health Organisation now warns

Tanzania's newly elected president John Magufuli delivers a speech during the swearing in ceremony in Dar es Salaam, on November 5, 2015. John Magufuli who won in the October 25 poll with over 58 percent of votes cemented the long-running Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party's firm grip on power. [AFP PHOTO]

DAR ES SALAAM - A major cholera outbreak in Tanzania has now infected nearly 10,000 people and killed 150, the World Health Organisation said Friday, voicing concern that predicted flooding risked spreading the disease internationally.

Since the beginning of the outbreak in August, at least 9,871 people have become infected and 150 have died, the UN health agency said, citing laboratory confirmed figures from Tanzanian health authorities.