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As Harare residents have been battling a water crisis in most of the City’s suburbs, Harare City Council Tuesday morning confirmed detecting Cholera cases in Mbare, Hopley Zone 5 and surrounding areas, Nhau/Indaba reports.
According to the City Fathers, three of the confirmed cases are a result of recent visits to Buhera where the outbreak started over a month ago at a suspected Apostolic sect gathering.
“The City would like to inform residents that it has now 5 confirmed cholera cases in Hopely Zone 5, Stoneridge, Southlands, Granary, and Adbernnie Mbare.”
“Three of the cases had visited Buhera where there is a Cholera outbreak while some may have contracted from local sources,” the City Fathers said through their official X (formerly Twitter) handle.
Last Saturday, acting Manicaland Provincial Medical Officer, Dr Munyaradzi Mukuzunga confirmed to the media that so far 13 deaths had been recorded while 264 had been infected in Buhera district since the deadly outbreak struck.
As government and health authorities struggle to fight the deadly outbreak, latest statistics from the ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) as of October 2, 2023, revealed 36 new detected cases.
Of the 36, Buhera recorded 33, two in Bikita and one in Zvimba.
So far, 908 cases have been confirmed countrywide and a cumulative 4 508 remain suspected cases.
Number of confirmed deaths stands at 30 while 97 have been suspected to have been caused by the outbreak.
As a measure to safeguard themselves from the outbreak, residents have been encouraged to practice the following:
Treatment of drinking water regardless of source
Wash hands under running water before eating and after using toilets
Cook food thoroughly
Avoid handshakes
Avoid eating at gatherings
Avoid food from unlicensed vendors
WASH all fruits before consumption. Nhau/Indaba
