Zambian Authorities say that they were stepping up their health campaign to combat cholera, which has claimed almost a 100 lives this year.
Health Minister, Sylvia Masebo, called for more drastic hygiene measures in households while her counterpart in charge of Water, Mike Mposha, said that chlorine would be more widely distributed to disinfect contaminated water in the regions most affected by cholera.
In the last three days, Five deaths and 111 new cases of contamination have been recorded with stakeholders premising the rise on heavy rainfall, which accelerates the transmission of the bacterial disease through infected water and food.
Zimbabwe, Zambia’s neighbor also affected by cholera, has declared a state of emergency after the World Health Organization (WHO), confirmed the deaths of more than 250 persons since an outbreak in February.
