Sinazongwe district Health Director Elias Chipandwe has said Cholera cases were likely to increase if preventive measure will not be effective.
Dr. Chipandwe told the Sinazongwe District epidemic preparedness meeting that there was a high risk of the disease to spread to a lot of areas in the district as the cumulative cases have reached 37 from the time the disease was confirmed as cholera last week.
He said most cases were coming from Sinazeze and Nkandambwe area where there is a Chinese Collum Coal Mine and one case was recorded from Sinakasikili.
The Director pointed out that the district was facing the challenge of fuel as at the time cholera cases break out there was no fuel in Choma and it was difficult to visit the affect areas.
Dr. Chipandwe appealed to the wel-wishers to assist them with fuel, Chlorine, and the disinfectants to ensure that homes where the epidemic was coming from were sprayed.
He said most households were the cholera has occurred have no toilets.
The meeting also head that the Skalamba stream from the Chinese Collum mine has been contaminated with resulting in the spread of cholera cases because most villages draw their drinking water from the same stream and they do not boil it.
The meeting also resolved that the business community within the district should be approached to ensure that they contributed to the eradication of cholera in the district.
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here we go again!Y do u owez wait for an outbreak then start running up n down?Y dont u ensure measures are put in place to prevent outbreaks?wenever rain season comes thats wen u stat acting…….mwe-nkoko-mwe!
pweh! the rains have hardly started and cases of chorela have started roling in. when is this this government going to lern to be proactive in preventing such diseases? i think this government has tired brains and has lost foresight and direction its hight ime we had a government whcih is going ot be proactive.surely do we nid donors to teach us how to prevnt such diseases shame on this government come 20011 kuya bebele!