cholera outbreak

Police in Zimbabwe have banned all public gatherings in the capital, Harare, to control the spread of cholera, which has killed 21 people and infected more than 2,000 other residents.
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The outbreak of cholera which first hit the capital city at the beginning of this month has spread to four other provinces. As a result, government has activated its emergence response systems in a bid to contain its spread.
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The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Harare’s high-density suburbs of Glen View and Budiriro has risen to 16, with health officials yesterday quarantining and decommissioning all possible sources of the disease.
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The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city’s director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic.
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Five people have died in Harare from a suspected cholera outbreak in Budiriro and Glen View suburbs while 35 patients with symptoms of the water-borne disease are admitted at Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospital.
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There is growing panic among ordinary Zimbabweans that the rising cases of cholera may signal a potential repeat of the disastrous outbreak of 2008 which killed more than 4 000 people nationwide.
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Fears of a new cholera outbreak are abound in Harare after council confirmed the death of a 46-year-old man in Stoneridge as a result of the water-borne disease, while the man’s sibling who got in contact with him also died in Chitungwiza.
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Sungura kingpin and Zimbabwe Red Cross Society humanitarian ambassador Alick Macheso, who failed to perform at Gatsi Sports Bar in Chegutu in February due to a cholera outbreak, will fulfil the concert on Saturday.
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