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Government has so far mobilised $29 million out of $64,1 million required to fight cholera, amid indications that the outbreak has been contained with the number of patients visiting health institutions declining significantly from 500 to 100 per day.
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ZIMBABWEANS travelling to Zambia through Chirundu Border Post have described as inhumane the cholera screening process introduced by Zambian authorities at the one-stop-border post that involves making people take laxatives.
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The cholera outbreak, which was reported in Harare at the beginning of this month, has so far claimed the lives of 31 people from the over 5 000 reported cases.
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MASHONALAND West Province has stepped up efforts to prevent an outbreak of cholera through the implementing various measures such as supervising funerals of people who succumbed to the disease in Harare and buried in the province recently.
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Another suspected case of cholera has been reported in Masvingo bringing to two the number of patients who have been quarantined because of the water borne disease at Masvingo Provincial Hospital since the beginning of this month.
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Mashonaland East Province has activated the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) to contain the spread of cholera, Mashonaland East Provincial Administrator Mr Tavabarira Kutamahufa has said.
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Gweru City Council is on high cholera alert and has implemented a raft of measures including burying refuse and attending to water bursts as soon as the report is received.
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Major entertainment events scheduled for the coming weeks may have to be postponed or cancelled as the cholera outbreak which has already claimed 30 lives rages on.
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A SMALL group of illegal vendors yesterday engaged in running battles with the police as they refused to leave the streets as part of Government efforts to contain the cholera outbreak, which has so far killed 30 people.
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THE number of people who have died of cholera has risen from 28 to 30 as Government, Harare City Council, the police and other stakeholders continue to make concerted efforts to curb the spread of the disease amid calls to declare the pandemic a state of disaster.
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A PALL has been cast over Zimbabwe as the cholera pandemic has ravaged Harare’s suburbs with the grim prospects that the outbreak could spread, claiming more lives.
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The cholera outbreak in Gokwe North is under control despite an increase in cases recorded in the last few days.
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Innocent Ruwende and Melissa Makoto Harare City Council and the National Vendors’ Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) yesterday appealed to all illegal vendors to leave the streets voluntarily to buttress efforts to contain the current cholera outbreak. In a statement, council said vendors should relocate to their designated vending sites. “Harare City Council appeals to members […]
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The Centres for Disease Control (and almost every medical agency) recommends rehydration with ORS (oral rehydration salts) fluids as the primary treatment for cholera.
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THREE people, two of whom recently visited Harare, have been quarantined in Bulawayo after contracting suspected cholera.