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Ivan Zhakata-Herald Correspondent CHOLERA cases continued to rise after the Christmas and New Year holidays, with 252 new suspected cases and five deaths reported on Wednesday countrywide. On the same day, there were 16 laboratory confirmed cholera cases. Statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Child Care on Wednesday showed that Chiredzi had 49 […]
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The family foundation of Econet founders Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa has committed an additional US$60 million towards the cholera response in Zimbabwe.
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Harare, Chitungwiza and Epworth residents who were vaccinated against cholera in September last year are set to receive their second jab soon.
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Government has disbursed about $240 000 to the Midlands Civil Protection Unit to combat cholera in Mberengwa following the outbreak of the water-borne disease in Chomubobo resettlement areas. The disease has since claimed two lives from the 26 cases reported since its outbreak on December 18 last year.
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Mnene Mission Hospital in Mberengwa is suspected to be the source of a cholera outbreak that has killed three people in Chomubobo Resettlement Area in Mberengwa, after samples taken from a river, which is the main water source for people in the area, was found to be contaminated.
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Victor Maphosa Mash East Correspondent GOVERNMENT has confirmed that the three Johane Marange apostolic sect members who died at Murehwa Centre last week were suffering from cholera. The three did not seek medical attention due to their religious beliefs. Eight people presenting symptoms of cholera were admitted at Murehwa Hospital and Dandara Clinic. In an […]
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Three deaths suspected to be linked to cholera have been reported in Murehwa, Mashonaland East Province.
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GOVERNMENT has started mobilising $28 million for Chegutu Municipality to carry out water augmentation and improve reticulation to curb possible cholera outbreaks.
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended a US$1 million grant to Zimbabwe for use in long-term interventions to combat cholera, which has claimed 55 lives since the beginning of September.
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GOVERNMENT has ordered miners at Mukaradzi in Mt Darwin to vacate the area with immediate effect as their continued stay has led to the rise in cholera cases.
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Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Harare City Council has declared its preparedness to deal with any cholera outbreak in the city saying it has a surveillance team monitoring all suburbs while water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health teams were activated and on high alert. This comes after cases of cholera were reported in Mt Darwin […]
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Lawrence Chitumba Correspondent MINISTER of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs Monica Mavhunga last week visited cholera patients at Mt Darwin Hospital and Manhondo (Mukaradzi) Centre and promised to mobilise 3 000 litres of diesel and 1 000 litres of petrol to contain the outbreak. She was accompanied by Rushinga and Mt Darwin South legislators […]
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Sibongile Maruta Herald Reporter CHOLERA cases in Mount Darwin have risen to 191 while deaths have remained at three in the artisanal mining area of Mukaradzi. Speaking to The Herald yesterday, Mashonaland Central District medical officer Dr George Mapiye said cases being reported at the clinic were no longer serious. “As of today (yesterday) cholera […]
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Two people died of cholera, while 26 others have been admitted at Mt Darwin District Hospital suffering from the waterborne disease. Mt Darwin district nursing officer Sister Anna Chinyemba confirmed that one person died on Sunday, while another died yesterday morning.
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KINSHASA. - A cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 857 lives since the start of the year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday.