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Harare – The Zimbabwean government has declared a state of emergency over a cholera outbreak that has left at least 20 dead and thousands of sick.
The disease mainly affected the capital Harare, where densely populated suburbs were the most affected.
She also recalled the year 2008 during the worst economic crisis in the country, when the World Health Organization (WHO) said that about 500 people had died of the disease. Ten years later, Zimbabwe's health sector is still paralyzed and the epidemic has become another headache for President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Health Minister Obadiah Moyo told reporters Tuesday after visiting a treatment camp that the government feared the disease would spread quickly. "We declare an emergency for Harare, which will allow us to contain cholera and typhoid in the city as quickly as possible, we do not want new deaths, so if we do not create this emergency, we will continue to lose lives. "
He attributed the disease to a poor sewer system, as well as to workers who slept on duty. "Someone has slept on duty and that's one of the problems we face like Zimbabwe, people have to work in. All this problem is the result of sewered sewers and these have been reported but never repaired for at least two months. "
Moyo said the government is also cracking down on the illegal sale of food, which is a source of income for thousands of jobless Zimbabweans who live informally.
Spokesman Nelson Chamisa's spokesman, Nkululeko Sibanda, said on Wednesday that Chamisa would visit the areas affected by the disease, which Mnangagwa has not done yet.
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