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Government has contained the cholera outbreak in Chiredzi with no new cases recorded since it was first noted, a senior official in the Ministry of Health and Child Care has said. Five cases of cholera were reported in Chiredzi a fortnight ago sparking fears it could spread to other areas.Updating the nation on the situation, provincial medical director for Masvingo Dr Robert Mudyarandima said: “We treated water sources believed to have caused the outbreak and a surveillance team was sent to offer medical assistance to other cholera victims at home as other people neglect to seek treatment.”
Dr Mudyarandima said they embarked on door-to-door educational campaigns to create awareness on cholera, which breaks out easily in the rainy season.
The weekly diseases surveillance report produced by the ministry shows that the Chiredzi outbreak brings the number of recorded cholera cases since the beginning of the year to 11.
The last cases of cholera were reported in March in Beitbridge and Chiredzi.
Government has urged health authorities to be on high alert for diarrhoeal diseases.
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