Harare — Zimbabwe has been hit by another cholera outbreak, hardly three months after more than 50 people died of the disease. More than 20 people have reportedly been infected in the rural town of Mt Darwin, near the border with Mozambique. Authorities recently announced that the disease had been contained. At the height of the outbreak in September, authorities enforced a state of emergency, banned public gatherings and shut down schools before World Health Organisation and other organisations provided help to control the disease. On Tuesday, The Herald reported that all 20 cases were reported at Mukaradzi Mine. The state daily report said all the patients were being treated at Mt Darwin District Hospital. Health minister Dr Obadiah Moyo was expected to give details on the severity of the outbreak. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, whose ministry mobilised $35m to fight cholera in September, said: “We have all the systems in place in terms of the capacity and capability to respond. "...
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