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2 People Die, 26 Affected As Cholera Outbreak Hit Mberengwa District
LovemoreJanuary 9, 20190
Mberengwa district in the Midlands province is currently experiencing a cholera outbreak which has proven difficult to contain. The outbreak started over the festive period.
Reports indicate that the outbreak has been compounded by an acute shortage of health workers in the district. One village worker is serving a population of about 10 000 people...
Zimbabwe Failing On Cholera, 5 More People Die
January 11, 2019
FIVE people who are members of the Johane Marange apostolic sect have died from a suspected fresh cholera outbreak in Mavhurume village in Murewa.
Murewa district administrator Gumburayi Wadzvanya wrote to the provincial administrator Tarubarira Kutamahufa, confirming the suspected cholera cases.
“The Ministry of Health has received a report from the head of Nyamutumbu Primary School, Mr Magora, of probable cases of cholera in Mavhurume 2 village in ward 11 of Murewa district...
The Ministry of Health has issued a statement suggesting that sixty-nine people have died nationwide due to cholera this year. On a positive note, Bulawayo is reported to have recorded zero casualties.
The statement further notes that more than 10 400 cases of the disease were reported during the period January to April. Resultantly, the Ministry of Health embarked on a nationwide cholera vaccine programme targeting over one million people. The ministry said...
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