Via The Zimbabwean :
" HARARE : More than 78 people have been admitted to hospitals in Mutare following an outbreak of the highly contagious cholera epidemic in the militarized Marange diamonds fields.
According to the Deputy Minister of Local Government Sesel Zvidzai the Government of Zimbabwe has received reports of the outbreak that has affected mostly children for the past three days.
"We have received information of an outbreak of cholera in Marange and we aretaking measures to curb the disease along with the Ministry of Health. The disease outbreak started two days ago and at least 78 people have been taken to hospital, mostly Mutare General Hospital," said Zvidzai.
According to the minister, the biggest challenge that the government is faced with is that the area where the disease outbreak was reported is highly sensitive and difficult for Non Govermental Organisations to penetrate."
The biggest challenge in the area is the presence of the army, and we willtherefore put up camps outside the security area so that people can accesshealth facilities quickly in order to curb the spread of the disease," saidZvidzai."
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