Harare: A total of 70 suspected cholera cases and one death have been recorded in the Kariba District of Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland West Province since a new outbreak began in early November, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said on Monday.
According to Namibia Press Agency, as part of the response, 1,007 out of a targeted 2,553 people in the district, which borders Zambia, have received an oral cholera vaccine dose, said the ministry in a statement. The new outbreak emerged a few months after the Zimbabwean government declared an end to a previous nationwide outbreak in August that began in February last year and claimed hundreds of lives.
The ministry has implemented infection prevention and control measures alongside cholera awareness campaigns in the town to contain the outbreak. Zimbabwe has experienced recurring cholera outbreaks over the past years due to inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure.