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Zimbabwe has now recorded 447 cholera-linked deaths and over 20 000 cumulative suspected cases since the beginning of the outbreak in February last year, with a case fatality rate of 1.8 percent.
Nelson Chamisa: “I am deeply concerned over the cholera crisis unfolding in Zimbabwe. According to recent media reports they are currently over 16,000 infections and a death toll exceeding 300, urgent action is imperative.”
At a time when cholera is ravaging the capital city, Harare City Council officials have chosen to attend a workshop in Nyanga where they are said to be blowing an astonishing US$24 000 in hefty allowances funded by ratepayers.
The Zimbabwean government has reported a cumulative 726 suspected cholera cases, and 27 cumulative deaths with a case fatality rate of 3.7% with the main drivers of the outbreak being lack of safe water and use of river water.
Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, on Tuesday, said the government through the Water and Sanitation Hygiene sector was distributing non-food items including aqua tabs, buckets and soap as part of first-line defence in cholera prevention after the country recorded a cumulative 868 cases.