Government has disclosed that Lusaka has recorded 27 new cases of cholera as of yesterday.
Lusaka District Commissioner, Christah Kalulu, attributed the emergence of new cases to the continuous rainfall that has been experienced in the past few days .
She said the district has currently an accumulative figure of 102 cholera cases under treatment at the two treatment centers of Kanyama and Matero Referral Health centers.
Ms Kalulu who is also Lusaka District Disaster Management Committee Chairperson, said the uncharacteristic change in the rainfall patterns has impacted negatively on the sanitary conditions in most parts of the district especially those prone to the outbreak.
She was speaking after touring the water tanks that have been set up in Cholera affected areas that include Kanyama and Kuku areas.
She said government will continue with its interventions by providing clean was and distribution of free chlorine to residents in the affected areas.
She commended community and civil leaders for partnering with the DDMC in averting the further spread of the disease owing to the flood.
Ms. Kalulu reiterated the call for concerted efforts among stakeholders to completely eradicate the epidemic.
Earlier, Meicins San Frontiers, MSF, Emergency Coordinator, Llanos Ortiz appealed to residents to take precautionary measures such as proper disposal of waste and observing high hygienic standards so as to mitigate the further spread of cholera.
Government has since partnered with the private sector, medical charity (MSF) Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company and other key stakeholders in supplementing its efforts aimed at mitigating the effects of the cholera pandemic in Lusaka district.
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But were promised that the MInistry of Health had made adequate preparations to prevent the outbreak! what did not happen???
where is all this cholera coming from sure…this is very sad because once they do not curb it as soon as possible…its gonna spread like california fires…i am worried about our folks back home.
The deadly unhygienic disease strikes again.
We are now used to problems and suffering is Zed. We gonna rejoice when the Lord comes
Blaming ukupolomya on the rain! what a joke.