Cholera emergency declared in the capital of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has said there is a big problem with cholera in the capital city, so they have called a state of emergency.

The outbreak has killed many people and there are over 7,000 suspected cases.

The city officials say the spread of the outbreak is reminding people of a deadly outbreak in 2008, when many people died.

“The mayor Ian Makone said there is a state of emergency due to cholera,” according to the local news.

The government is asking for help to stop the spread of a disease and make sure people have clean water. They say they need more help than they are getting.

Health officials are having a hard time dealing with the large number of people getting sick after the outbreak, according to the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC).

It says there are not enough doctors and nurses to take care of the sick people, and not enough medical supplies to stop the sickness from spreading.

Zimbabwe has been fighting a serious cholera outbreak because people don’t have clean water.

The middle of the new sickness outbreak is in Kuwadzana, a crowded area in Harare. Almost half of the reported cases are from there, the authorities say.

Cholera is a disease that makes you have really bad diarrhea. It happens when you eat or drink something with a germ called Vibrio cholerae in it.

It is given a special drink to replace the fluids and salts lost from diarrhea and vomiting.

On Thursday, the mayor of Harare said that the cholera outbreak is similar to the one that happened in 2008.

The disease spread and more than 4,000 people died. About 100,000 people got sick. This made it hard for basic services to work in the country.

This made President Robert Mugabe agree to share power with his rival Morgan Tsvangirai.

“The mayor said on Thursday that the cholera outbreak has become very serious. ”

On Tuesday, the health department said that there were 7,398 possible cases of illness, 50 people died, and 109 are in the hospital.

The health minister visited the center of the outbreak and announced plans to deal with it. This includes getting rid of street food sellers and bringing in clean water by truck.

The Red Cross says the sickness is spreading fast, affecting many different areas in 45 out of 62 districts and in all 10 provinces of the country.

It means the disease will likely spread to different countries.

Other countries nearby, like Malawi, South Africa, and Mozambique, have also had many cholera outbreaks before.