Harare, 29 feb ( EFE).-the outbreak of typhoid fever triggered by the end of 2011 in Harare, which has killed two people, has spread to other provinces of Zimbabwe and already affects more than 3,000 people, reported today the health of the country authorities.
A total of 3.074 people have been infected so far, said the Director of epidemiology of the Ministry of health, Portia Manangazira, cited by the State newspaper “The Herald”.
In addition, the outbreak, initially detected in Harare, has spread to the provinces of Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central.
In a week, the media discovered cases has increased from 20 to more than 200, noted Manangazira.
“, Are really a virulent outbreak.” “It must be noted that cases of diarrhoea (such as those that cause typhoid fever) normally precede outbreaks serious as we had cholera” between 2008 and 2009, which caused more than 4,000 deaths, he emphasized.
Responsible for the Ministry of health attributed the typhoid fever to the lack of clean water and poor sanitary conditions.
The first cases of this disease was detected last November in the populous neighborhood of Kuwadzana, Harare, although the outbreak has been extended since then. EFE
