Cholera death toll reaches 25

According to Harare City Council (HCC) acting director of health Clemence Duri, at least 25 people have died in Harare from cholera so far with nearly 4 000 people having been attended to at the Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital (BRIDH) by yesterday.

Harare was declared a state of emergency on Tuesday by minister of Health Obadiah Moyo after 20 people succumbed to the waterborne disease.

It has since spread to Mashonaland Central, Midlands, Masvingo and Manicaland provinces.

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