Zimbabwe Reports New Cholera Outbreak

Zimbabwe has reported new cholera cases just months after they said a previous outbreak ended. That outbreak was really bad. It killed over 700 people in 18 months.

Now, there's a new cholera outbreak in Kariba District. Twenty-one people have gotten sick, and one person died.

A doctor named Godfrey Muza works for the government in Kariba. He said they're trying to control the situation.

Another doctor, Norman Matara, is part of a Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights group. He thinks the government needs to fix the problems that cause diseases like cholera to spread through water.

In August, the government said the big 18-month outbreak was finally over. It had made almost 35,000 people sick and killed more than 700.

Sadly, this isn't new for Zimbabwe. In 2008, they had an awful cholera crisis. Over 98,000 people got sick, and more than 4,000 died.
 

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