cholera

Zimbabwe has begun an oral vaccination drive to curb a cholera outbreak which has claimed at least 49 lives over the past month, a WHO official said Friday. The cholera outbreak, first detected outside Harare on September 5, prompted the health ministry to declare an emergency in the capital. With 9,000 suspected cases so far, […]

That’s despite the growing number of deaths from the disease mainly in the country’s capital Harare. At least 49 people have died and over 7000 infected since the water-borne disease broke out earlier this month. Meanwhile, authorities’ ban on all public gatherings remains in place. Harare’s southern suburbs of Glenview and Budiriro have remained hotpots […]

Zimbabwe government has suspended plans for ministers to buy luxury vehicles as the country continues to deal with a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 30 people, newly appointed  Finance and Economic Development minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has revealed. Last week, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was criticised after he launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to deal […]

Zimbabwe Government will begin administering cholera vaccines in selected suburbs in order to contain the current outbreak that has claimed more than 28 lives in the past two weeks, a Cabinet Minister has said. Yesterday, 405 new cases were reported in Harare. Harare’s high-density suburbs of GlenView and Budiriro, which have been affected the most […]

Zimbabweans on social media are reacting to news that government has set up an emergency crowdfund to solicit support in the fight against the prevailing cholera epidemic. The newly appointed finance minister, Mthuli Ncube took to Twitter with the news, asking his followers to support the fund through donations. ‘‘Together with my colleagues at Min […]

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to 25, the government said on Thursday as the World Health Organisation warned that the water-borne disease is spreading rapidly in the capital Harare. “There are now 3 766 cases. The number of deaths is now 25,” Health Minister Obadiah Moyo told journalists. The […]

Zimbabwe has declared a cholera outbreak in the capital Harare. Health Minister Obadiah Moyo said on Tuesday that 20 people died from the disease and more than 2,000 people were infected after drinking contaminated water. Harare city council has struggled to supply water to some suburbs for more than a decade, forcing residents to rely […]

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. “The death toll has risen to 16 after more people died of suspected cholera today (yesterday) morning,”Council health director Dr Clemence Duri […]

A cholera outbreak has killed 10 people in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare after they drank contaminated water, a city health official said on Sunday. Harare city council has struggled to supply water to some suburbs for more than a decade, forcing residents to rely on water from open wells and community boreholes. Clemence Duri, Harare city’s […]

Four people are feared dead on Thursday, as a cholera outbreak has hit the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. Following the outbreak, 35 other people were admitted to hospital. Outgoing health and childcare minister David Parirenyatwa declared the cholera outbreak Thursday evening, after visiting Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital to assess the condition of the admitted patients. […]