HARARE – Zimbabwe is now free from Cholera, as no case has been recorded in the country in the past 30 days, the government says.
Zimbabwe recorded its first case of cholera in February 2023 with the pandemic spreading to most parts of the country and later declared a national outbreak.
In a weekly post-cabinet media briefing on Tuesday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Jenfan Muswere said the country’s cholera burden is now officially over and no new case has been recorded in all 63 districts of the country.
“The Ministry of Health and Child Care would also want to inform the nation that as of today we have had 30 days without a single case of cholera in all our 63 districts and that the last case was on 30 June 2024 in Beitbridge.
“Therefore, we are now declaring that the cholera outbreak, which started in February 2023, as officially ended. However, the public is encouraged to continue observing hygiene and sanitation at all times,” he said.
Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora credited government interventions for managing to stop the outbreak.
“A lot of people relax when we say cholera is gone. What it means is that the interventions that we undertook as ministry and as government, those interventions have yielded the results that we wanted that is to make sure that we suppress cholera.
“But we still have challenges of water and sanitation in certain areas. So, we urge our people to continue with good hygiene and sanitation practices,” he said.
