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Cholera Spreading Fast In Zimbabwe

1 year agoThu, 05 Oct 2023 08:36:16 GMT
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Cholera Spreading Fast In Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has recorded 4 500 cholera cases since February, with almost 100 deaths being reported during the period.

In response, the Government has restricted some gatherings, banned cooking at funerals in hotspot areas, and activated diarrhoea surveillance countrywide.

The Harare City Council on Monday said cholera cases had been recorded in five suburbs.

It said three of the five known cases were linked to people who had recently visited Buhera District, which is a cholera hotspot in Manicaland Province.

Harare, which has a population of almost two million people, has gone for days without running water amid fears that cholera could spread fast in the city.

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Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing on Wednesday, Information Minister Jenfan Muswere said part of the reason behind the cholera outbreak in Harare was the contamination of the city’s main water sources, Lake Chivero and the Manyame Dam. He said:

The committee [Civil Protection Unit] found out the main challenges affecting the City of Harare are as follows: heavy pollution of water supply dams [Chivero and Manyame] leading to excessive use of water treatment chemicals, aged units constantly breaking down, aged water supply infrastructure leading to a reduction in treatment capacity and high water losses, and failure by the City of Harare to pay for water treatment chemicals to meet the current treatment capacity of 520 megalitres per day.

According to a report, Cholera is now present in 41 districts across the country’s 10 provinces.

The Ministry of Health and Childcare said as of 3 October, there were 904 laboratory-confirmed cases and 74 hospitalisations with a national recovery rate of 97%.

The cholera outbreak had now spread to more than the 17 traditional cholera hotspot districts of Buhera, Chegutu, Chikomba, Chimanimani, Chipinge, Chitungwiza, Chiredzi, Harare, Gokwe North, Marondera, Mazowe, Shamva, Mutare, Murehwa, Mwenezi, Seke, and Wedza.

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14 Comments

kingromeo · 1 year ago
gyz this is not abt politics it's now a major crisis cholera is a srs deal n stop blaming everyone for diseases it's not lyk they have the meds to contain the disease so be careful out there
🌞 · 1 year ago
boiled water inoshata
cid · 1 year ago
even Yu as a person Yu have responsibility yekuona kuti mvura yaunomwa yakachena here(Yu can even boil the water before waimwa),wageza ma fruits aunotenga kumbare uko nekungotevedzera ma tips ehutsanana .Not kungoti government pese pese. Unoda Zanu iye ikugezere ma fruits ako, or ED akugezese maoko here
The truth · 1 year ago
Minister of health is a failure. The government is to blame for the situation we are in.
cid · 1 year ago
@Zuze,,,utori Zuze hako ndakuona ,ko zvamurimi mukuti munotonga kuma towns,makuda help from hurumende iri illegitimate futi😏Although cholera yakauya from somewhere,dai mu Harare macho mune clean water situation was going to be easy to control
Zuze · 1 year ago
Pindura mubvunzo. How many dams has ZANU constructed for cities since 1980? Don't waffle.
Joseph Ziki · 1 year ago
cholera chirwere chinongobata munhu wese ,,,icho hachitombozivi kuti munokakavadzana kana kupomerana kana kushoorana,,,,saka prevention is better than cure
nxaaa · 1 year ago
ccc haisati yawe muoffice saka vanodiyi vasinga pihwe mari nembavha dzaED.
Bvepfepfe · 1 year ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ndi ED guys, ED is to blame for this. Imagine those Zanu MPs who lost during the elections had to close the boreholes they built. ED haana basa ne develop even vacho vakafa ne cholera haana basa nazvo. When a son of the devil is in charge of a nation kunotouya ma Plagues and diseases
doug · 1 year ago
The water in Harare may be polluted, but not contaminated with cholera, otherwise more than a million people in Harare would be suffering from cholera as the majority of the people cannot afford bottled water and drink straight from the taps whose water is.from council.

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