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Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau
GOVERNMENT says the typhoid outbreak is under control, but is worried that some of the cases could have evolved to carrier state, making prospects of further outbreaks imminent.
More than 1 000 cases have been recorded in Harare.
Speaking at the Chinhoyi Press Club last Friday, Health and Child Welfare Deputy Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora said at its worst, typhoid could be
in a person’s body for two to three weeks before it is detected.
“Typhoid is a terrible disease which is different from cholera in that it is not as swift in killing its victim, but can quickly turn into carrier state where someone can go for anything between two and three weeks without showing any
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