Typhoid has broken out in Kasama with four confirmed cases reported by health authorities.
Northern Province provincial medical officer Jelita Chinyonga who confirmed the cases said the disease was transmitted by ingestion of food or water contaminated with faecal matter.
Of the four cases, one was recorded in Mungwi, Lwabwe, and Kasama while the fourth victim though admitted in Kasama General Hospital was reportedly from Lusaka.
Dr Chinyonga said health officials in the province had already begun sensitising communities on the disease to ensure it did not spread.
The bacterium which causes typhoid fever may be spread through poor hygiene habits and public sanitation conditions, and sometimes also by flying insects feeding on body waste.
Dr Chinyonga said public education campaigns encouraging people to wash their hands after using the toilet and before handling food were an important component in controlling the spread of the disease.
The disease had been classified as an outbreak because typhoid was not endemic to the area.
The condition of the patients was described as stable as treatment was readily available.
Cholera outbreaks first and now Typhoid outbreak. Awemba please put your sanitation in order!
hahahahaha..it may just help us wipe out the stubborn and lazy chaps..form Northern province..they are so dirty!!
Ba wiso intweno. You paranoid tribalist.
Mwanawasa said they st…..nk
#General Mibenge, He also said some people are like B……….ks and can never come infront