Zimbabwe cholera outbreak kills seven
A cholera outbreak has killed at least seven people in south-eastern Zimbabwe in the past week, the health ministry reported today.
Another 114 cases have been treated in the Chikomba district, 90 miles south-east of the capital, Harare.
Cholera is a gastrointestinal disease that is spread by drinking contaminated water and can cause severe diarrhoea.
Health authorities blamed torrential seasonal rains, that have swept contaminated water from sewers and drains into drinking sources.
More outbreaks are possible, they warned.
