Typhoid outbreak hits Harare, Zimbabwe
At least nine people have succumbed to typhoid while over 300 cases were reported in a fresh outbreak of the disease in Harare, Mutare and Chegutu.
The disease outbreak has been attributed to councils' failure to provide safe drinking water in suburbs, some have gone for months without running water.
According to the latest weekly surveillance report by the Ministry of Health and Child Care, 370 cases have been recorded with 55 having been confirmed.
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