Zimbabwe has confirmed eight cases of cholera, including two on the border with South Africa, state media has reported. The Times reports that two children, aged five and 10, had been quarantined with cholera at Beitbridge District Hospital. Six other cases had been recorded in Mudzi and Chiredzi, the state Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said.
Mudzi is on the border with Mozambique, where 41 people have died of cholera. Chiredzi is in south-eastern Zimbabwe. Another possible case was being investigated in Chirundu on the Zambian border, the report said.
Beitbridge district administrator Simon Muleya said: "The two victims are from the same family and according to our rapid response team there are no other cases from the same village. The situation is now under control and there is no need for people to panic."
[link url="http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2015/03/05/cholera-confirmed-at-south-africa-zimbabwe-border"]Full report in The Times[/link]