Cholera Epidemic Spreads Countrywide in Zimbabwe

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:45:23 +0000

Where: Harare, Zimbabwe

January 23, 2009 : A report that the World Health Organisation made in early January said 2,200 people had died from cholera in Zimbabwe since August 2008. One week later, the United Nations reported a 20 per cent rise in cholera cases, and the figure now stands at 2,755. Nearly 50,000 people have been infected with the disease. The humanitarian aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres said that the epidemic was now spreading to rural areas.

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Cholera Epidemic Spreads Countrywide in Zimbabwe