Government vows to step up fight against cholera outbreak as suspected cases spike

By Xinhua

HARARE: The Zimbabwean government has vowed to accelerate efforts to combat a cholera outbreak after suspected cholera cases rose to a cumulative 10,633.

The figure increased from 9,895 suspected cases recorded in the previous week.

Addressing a post-cabinet press briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Jenfan Muswere said on Tuesday that the government will conduct a field visit to Manicaland Province, one of the worst affected provinces to assess the situation on the ground.

He said that the government has recently received a consignment of cholera response commodities from the World Health Organization.

“These commodities will be deployed to all the affected districts and pre-positioned to other hot spots yet to report cases, making them ready to respond to the outbreak,” Muswere said.