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Diarrhoea Outbreak: Half Of Pupils At School Plus Adults Taken Ill

4 years agoSat, 29 Jun 2019 23:12:45 GMT
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Diarrhoea Outbreak: Half Of Pupils At School Plus Adults Taken Ill

More than 200 residents including school children in Empumalanga’s DRC suburb in Hwange were on Thursday and Friday sent to medical institutions following a diarrhoea outbreak. It is suspected that the illness is due to a sewage leak into the water system.

Hwange Local Board Environment Health technician, Mr Nqobile Mabhena said that they suspected the outbreak was a result of raw sewer that leaked into the water pipeline that supplies the area. Mabhena said:

We suspect that sewage water which would have heavily accumulated in the water supply pipeline is pushed up when supplies are restored. The whole Phase Three has been affected by this and as on Thursday, 53 cases had been reported at our clinic today (Friday) the number had increased to 93. This number excludes the ones that went to seek treatment at other health institutions such as St Patrick’s and Hwange Colliery hospitals.

Hwange District Medical Officer Dr Seleman Saidi, however, said that they were yet to confirm if the outbreak was caused by diarrhoea. Saidi added that over 3 000 people are still in danger from the illness.

Zinwa quality assurance technician, Mr Blessing Tagwirei said that an investigation team had already started testing the water. He said that at some points, the water meets the World Health Organisation standards. Tagwirei further said that although there have been challenges in locating the exact points of contamination, they also increase chlorine levels at certain points to create shock along the system as a measure.

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