"Zimbabwe: 42 Cases of Typhoid Recorded in Mbare
Harare City has recorded 42 cases of typhoid following a week of intermittent water supplies in Mbare, a city official has said.
Health services director Dr Prosper Chonzi said the cases were recorded during the week ending March 3 when taps in the area ran dry.
..."Our main worry was that the cases were concentrated in one area- Mbare- and they peaked in one week when there was no water supplies," Dr Chonzi said.
He, however, said the cases had since started going down as water supplies had been restored in the area.
Harare residents and other small towns continue to get intermittent water supplies and the majority of community boreholes have since broken down. Poor sanitation and inadequate water supplies trigger diarrhoeal diseases.
Government has also recorded three cases of cholera in Beitbridge and one case has since been confirmed.
This is the first case of cholera to be recorded this year."
Harare City has recorded 42 cases of typhoid following a week of intermittent water supplies in Mbare, a city official has said.
Health services director Dr Prosper Chonzi said the cases were recorded during the week ending March 3 when taps in the area ran dry.
..."Our main worry was that the cases were concentrated in one area- Mbare- and they peaked in one week when there was no water supplies," Dr Chonzi said.
He, however, said the cases had since started going down as water supplies had been restored in the area.
Harare residents and other small towns continue to get intermittent water supplies and the majority of community boreholes have since broken down. Poor sanitation and inadequate water supplies trigger diarrhoeal diseases.
Government has also recorded three cases of cholera in Beitbridge and one case has since been confirmed.
This is the first case of cholera to be recorded this year."
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