Published by the government of Zimbabwe
13 March 2008
Harare — A Cholera outbreak suspected to be affecting mostly fishmongers along the Zambezi River and Kariba has hit parts of the Sanyati Gorge and Hurungwe in Mashonaland West Province.
However, health officials said intervention and assessment of the full extent of the outbreak was being hampered by the areas' inaccessibility because of the bad states of the roads. The affected areas include Mudzimu, Mafanzou, Mutambirwa and the Gache Gache area.
Mashonaland West provincial medical director Dr Wenceslaus Nyamayaro confirmed the outbreak adding that efforts were underway to get to the affected areas and render assistance. "There is an outbreak but current efforts to get to the affected areas are being hampered by the terrain in the area because our personnel have to go down the gorge to get to the affected
people especially in the Sanyati Gorge," he said. Dr Nyamayaro urged people travelling to affected areas to practise hygiene and to ensure they consumed heated food and drank boiled water.
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