Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic hits 10,000

More than 425 people have died since the outbreak in August and the number is expected to rise due to poor sanitation worsted by the onset of the rainy season.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has accused the government of under-reporting the deaths, saying that he believed more than 500 people had died and half a million were affected by cholera.

Zimbabwe’s dilapidated infrastructure has made clean water a luxury, with many people relying on shallow wells and latrines in their yards.

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One comment on “Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic hits 10,000

  1. Irenaeus says:

    The Mugabe Catastrophe strikes again.