Tuesday, January 06, 2009

21 Cholera cases in Gauteng, 2 in Cape Town

Apparently 30 000 have now been diagnosed in Zimbabwe already.
clipped from www.thetimes.co.za

The number of confirmed cholera cases in Gauteng stands at 21, a health official said today.

In Limpopo, the overall number of confirmed cases is 1,441, said its provincial health spokesman Phuti Seloba.

He said 33 suspected cases were reported at the weekend but these had not been confirmed as cholera yet.

Limpopo’s cholera death toll since November 15 is nine.

The World Health Organisation said on January 1 that more than 30,000 people have been diagnosed with cholera in Zimbabwe.

More than 1,700 people have died of cholera in Zimbabwe.

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