Categories: Zim Latest

Deadly typhoid hit Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, kills one

Harare: A killer typhoid outbreak is feared to have hit Harare amid reports that one person has already died while several others were hospitalised.

So far a 13-year-old girl died on Christmas Day in Mbare due to typhoid outbreak.

Harare City Council yesterday said apart from 40 recorded cases of those who presented themselves for treatment of typhoid symptoms, more were receiving treatment as a precautionary measure.

Ivy Makwara, died at Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospitals on Sunday after initially being admitted at Harare Central Hospital from where she was transferred to Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospitals where she died on admission.

Harare Typhoid is linked to dirty water used by residents.

It is spread between individuals by direct contact with the faeces of an infected person. There has been many times when people have drank water contaminated by sewage.

Share

Recent Posts

Zimbabwean Driver Locked Up in DRC After His Truck Kills 18 People in Deadly Accident

Reports from concerned drivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) indicate that Jeremiah Kamuterera,… Read More

29th March 2024

Police Investigate Discovery of 20 Young Women Linked to Madzibaba Ishmael Cult in Harare Hideout

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched an investigation after discovering 20 young women who… Read More

29th March 2024

CAPS United Humiliated as New Boys Bikita Minerals Secure First Premiership Victory…ZPSL Results

 In an electrifying showdown at Rufaro Stadium, newly promoted side Bikita Minerals clinched their maiden… Read More

29th March 2024

No loss of value through introduction of currency stabilization measures- David Mnangagwa

The Deputy Minister of Finance and Investment Promotion David Mnangagwa has attributed the current surge… Read More

29th March 2024

Mnangagwa prematurely ends Mangudya’s tenure as RBZ governor

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday brought forward by a month the appointment of… Read More

29th March 2024

Tragedy Strikes as Bus Plunges Off Bridge in Limpopo, Killing 45 ZCC Church Mmembers

SOUTH AFRICA: A devastating bus accident on the R518 in Limpopo's Waterberg district has led… Read More

29th March 2024