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Noah Pito in Hurungwe
Hurungwe Rural District Council has banned all public gatherings involving people from outside the area as a way of containing the cholera outbreak that has so far claimed 49 lives mainly in Harare.

The ban extends to churches and schools as long as congregants and participants would be coming from outside the district.

In an interview, the District Administrator for Hurungwe Ms Makepeace Muzenda — who also chairs the District Civil Protection Unit — said the latest move complemented spirited efforts by the district’s three local authorities to avert any cholera outbreak.

The local authorities include Hurungwe RDC, Karoi Town Council and Chirundu Local Board.

“We have banned all gatherings, especially those that would require people from outside the district to travel to our region,” said Ms Muzenda.

“These include schools or church gatherings.

“We are very happy as a district that we have successfully removed all vendors from undesignated points on the streets in all the areas under our three local authorities.

“No single case of cholera has been reported in our district and this latest measure seeks to strengthen the current state of affairs. Sanity is prevailing in Karoi, Chirundu and Magunje.

“The vendors are now operating at the designated vending sites.”

The ban has affected the Hurungwe District Schools Merit Awards Ceremony — an annual district mega-event hosted by the Better Schools Programme Zimbabwe.

The ceremony has been suspended indefinitely.