LUSAKA — Cholera has broken out in northern Zambia this week with at least 30 cases recorded in the past three days, a health official said on Wednesday.
Report by Sapa-AFP
“We have so far 30 suspected cases of cholera admitted at Mambilima Mission Hospital,” regional medical officer Lackson Ndhlovu told public radio station Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation.
The outbreak was reported in Mwense district, about 700 kilometres from the capital Lusaka.
The waterborne disease comes with each rainy season in Zambia.
Zimbabwe has been reeling under similar cholera threats since 2008 when a record 4 000 people succumbed to the disease with Harare being the worst-hit.
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Since then, the capital has recorded sporadic cholera outbreaks due to its almost collapsed water and sanitation facilities.