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At least 36 people have recently been admitted to the Beatrice Road Infectious Disease Hospital for treatment.
By Anna Chibamu
The current cholera epidemic in Harare has spread to Chitungwiza and Gokwe in the Midlands Province, with the death toll in the capital reaching 16 years.
Last week, officials from the Ministry of Health and Harare City Council fought to control the outbreak in the suburbs of Glen View in Harare, killing 11 people, five confirmed cases in St Mary's Chitungwiza and Glen Norah Sunday.
The director of health council, Dr. Clemence Duri, the death toll has since increased to 16.
"The death toll has risen to 16 after more people died today (yesterday) from suspected cholera," he added.
"Although we are not yet sure of the cause of death, we suspect that it is cholera because of the symptoms presented.
"Today (yesterday), 106 people were admitted to Beatrice's Infectious Disease Hospital, and some patients were treated and discharged.
"We have also decommissioned all drilling in the Tichagarika (Glen View) area, after being exposed to bacteria that cause cholera and typhoid."
Midlands outbreak
New cases have also been reported in the Gokwe area of Midlands Province.
The provincial medical director, Dr. Simon Nyadundu, said that four suspected cases had been treated.
"Four cases of cholera have been reported in Gokwe," said Dr. Nyadundu.
"There was one in Nembudziya and three in Gumunyu, all of which are related to Harare, who went to Harare and are suspected to have contracted cholera.
"The province has only these four cases, but because Midlands is geographically located in the center of the country, there is a high risk of spreading the disease in the province, so we are on high alert.
"We want to urge people with diarrhea or abdominal problems to seek medical treatment quickly."
Community Water Alliance (CWA), a non-governmental organization working with the Harare City Council, said 400 cases had been reported, some of which were yet to be confirmed by the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.
Efforts to get a comment from the health ministry were fruitless Sunday night, but the government failed to contain the epidemic.
Meanwhile, MDC Alliance chief Transform Zimbabwe chairman Jacob Ngarivhume in a statement on Sunday criticized the government for failing to prioritize the health and well-being of citizens.
He noted that the government was committing a $ 1.3 million private jet to bring his former first lady, Grace Mugabe of Singapore, home to attend her mother's funeral, when Harare City Council needed $ 200,000.
"There is a very close line between witchcraft and the hiring of a G650 aircraft for a wealthy and afflicted former First Lady when people are dying of primitive diseases like cholera while an equivalent of $ 200,000 can transform the Glen View's water system, "said Ngarivhume.
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