More than 4 000 people died from cholera during an outbreak in 2008 and 2009 in Zimbabwe.
A cholera outbreak is spreading across Zimbabwe, with about 100 people suspected to have died from the disease, the Ministry of Health said.
The biggest flare-up since 2018 was caused by unhygienic conditions and blocked sewers, the government said in an emailed statement. It has recorded a total of 4 609 suspected cases with 935 confirmed as cholera and 30 deaths so far confirmed as having been due to the water-borne disease. In June, neighbour South Africa suffered its worse outbreak of the diarrheal illness in 15 years and earlier in the year there was an outbreak in Malawi.
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