Cholera Outbreak Grows


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Zimbabwe:   Nearly 10,000 Cholera Cases Now Reported, UN Says
UN News Service (New York)
28 November 2008

Almost 10,000 cases and over 400 deaths due to cholera have now been reported in Zimbabwe since the current outbreak of the disease began in August, according to the United Nations Office for the ...

Zimbabwe:   Doctors Say Cholera Toll Now 800
Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)
29 November 2008

A group of doctors has put the cholera death toll at 800 throughout the country, amid reports that seven prisoners died at Chinhoyi Prison following an outbreak.

Zimbabwe:   Minister in U-Turn Over Cholera, Admits it Could Worsen
SW Radio Africa (London)
27 November 2008

A day after Deputy Health Minister Edwin Muguti claimed the cholera epidemic was under control, he made an apparent u-turn in telling journalists on Thursday that the outbreak will worsen, 'with the ...

Zimbabwe:   Cholera Feeds Off a Perfect Storm
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
27 November 2008

All but one of Zimbabwe's ten provinces have reported fatalities as a result of a cholera epidemic sweeping the country, according to the UN.


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