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Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter TWO cholera cases have been confirmed in Bulawayo, both imported from one of the cholera epicentres — Budiriro suburb in Harare. One of the confirmed cases is that of the popular apostolic sect leader who died last week and a city man who was admitted to Thorngrove Infectious Hospital on Saturday. […]
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Roselyne Sachiti, Harare Bureau Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Prophet Walter Magaya yesterday responded to the cholera crisis by donating an assortment of goods worth $1 million to help contain the outbreak which has claimed 33 lives so far and affected thousands others. Part of the donation which will target 10 000 households in […]
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Andile Tshuma on Health With the Ministry of Health and Child Care reporting that the cholera outbreak has been contained as the number of cases is declining, a sigh of relief and a smile of victory comes to the faces of many Zimbabweans. One reader sent a message during the week lamenting how pupils at […]
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Tendai Mugabe, Harare Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says the central Government will offer maximum support to the City of Harare to ensure high levels of hygiene and cleanliness in the city as part of broader measures of containing the outbreak of waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid. His remarks come in the wake of running […]
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Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare Bureau CASES of suspected cholera are beginning to decline in Harare following massive interventions put in place by Government and its partners, Harare City Health acting director, Dr Clemence Duri, has said. Dr Duri said by end of day yesterday, the number of deaths remained at 32, a figure that was reported […]
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Nyemudzai Kakore, Harare Bureau Government has so far mobilised $29 million out of the $64,1 million required to fight cholera amid indications that the outbreak had been contained with the number of patients presenting the disease that are visiting health institutions declining significantly from 500 to 100 per day. Addressing a joint press conference of […]
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Tendai Mugabe, Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT has set up an inter-ministerial committee to come up with a lasting solution to the cholera outbreak in Harare and other parts of the country. The committee is chaired by Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister, July Moyo. Other members of the committee are ministers Obadiah Moyo (Health […]
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Leonard Ncube/ Leonorah Ncube, Chronicle Reporters THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has raised $60 000 to be channelled towards the fight against the cholera outbreak which has claimed 33 lives and affected 5 000 people. The Government on Monday launched a $57 million appeal to effectively combat the cholera outbreak. The ZDF raised the money […]
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Health Reporters LABORATORY tests have ruled out cholera in 10 of the 12 people from Bulawayo who had been admitted to hospital on fears that they had contracted the disease. Bulawayo City Council director of Health Services Dr Edwin Sibanda yesterday said the local authority was awaiting lab results for two more people who were […]
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Paidamoyo Chipunza, Innocent Ruwende, Harare Bureau Government has launched an appeal for $57 million to effectively contain the cholera outbreak that has so far killed 33 people and seen over 5 000 others seeking treatment for the same disease. Officially launching the appeal in Harare yesterday, chairperson of the inter-ministerial committee on cholera Cde July […]
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Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter SOME Harare City Council officers have been suspended from work with immediate effect following allegations of overcharging for goods and services to cash in on a $10 million donation from Econet Group towards the fight against cholera. Harare City council posted on its Twitter account yesterday afternoon that an undisclosed number […]
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Thandeka Moyo, Health Reporter THE number of people who have been quarantined for cholera in Bulawayo has risen to 10 from three on Friday amid revelations that the city’s infectious disease hospital — Thorngrove — can hold no more than 100 patients. One more suspected case was recorded in Umguza, Matabeleland North which brings to […]
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Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau THE number of people who have died of cholera has risen from 28 to 30 as Government, Harare City Council, the police and other stakeholders continue to make concerted efforts to curb the spread the of disease. Government has increased the supply of water, drugs and other non-food materials to affected […]
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