Community | December 18, 2008 | 6 comments

Zimbabwe cholera toll tops 1,100

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Cholera is a very infectious disease caused by eating food contaminated with the Cholera Virus.. I think they need help from the International Monetary Fund or Somewhere else to fight this

HARARE - The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has soared to 1,111, the United Nations said on Thursday, adding to pressure for a quick solution to the crisis in the southern African country.

South African ruling ANC leader Jacob Zuma backed a diplomatic push as the way to end political deadlock and rejected any suggestion of sending troops.

The latest cholera figures from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva included a new outbreak in Chegutu Urban in Mashonaland West, west of Harare, where more than 378 cases and 121 deaths have been recorded, it said in a statement.
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