Zimbabwe places cholera restrictions after dozens of deaths

The government of Zimbabwe has put rules in place to manage a cholera outbreak that may have caused the death of over 100 individuals.

The actions taken include stopping some social gatherings and limiting the number of people who can go to funerals in places affected by the outbreak. This includes many districts in the country and parts of the capital city, Harare. Shaking hands and serving food at funerals are no longer allowed.

The health department said on Wednesday that they suspect 100 people have died from cholera. They have tested 30 of these cases and confirmed that they did indeed have cholera.

The ministry also stated that there were 905 cases of cholera, out of more than 4,600 cases in which cholera was suspected.

Zimbabwe often has outbreaks of cholera.

One of the most severe incidents between 2008 and 2009 caused the death of over 4,200 individuals and made nearly 100,000 others sick.

In August, Unicef said that the outbreaks were caused by bad toilets, not enough clean water, regular sewer problems, and bad trash management. This happened because there are more people living in cities in the country.