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Cholera outbreak across Zimbabwe

  • October 6, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Cholera outbreak across Zimbabwe

Subject: IR

Section: Places in news

Context: Cholera outbreak across Zimbabwe kills up to 100 people

More about the news:

  • Zimbabwe is facing a cholera crisis with 100 suspected deaths and over 5,000 possible cases since last month.
  • The government has imposed restrictions to curb the disease’s spread, including limiting funeral attendance to 50 people, halting some social gatherings, and discouraging open markets.
  • The outbreak has now spread across 41 districts, including the capital, Harare, with neighboring countries also grappling with cholera outbreaks.
  •  Inadequate infrastructure and sanitation have historically contributed to cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe, with the worst outbreak in 2008 claiming over 4,000 lives.

Some facts about Zimbabwe:

  • Zimbabwe is a landlocked country of southern Africa.
  • It shares a border on the south with South Africa and is surrounded on the west by Botswana, on the north by Zambia, and on the northeast and east by Mozambique.
  • The capital and largest city is Harare, and the second largest is Bulawayo.
  • Zimbabwe, lies to the north of the Tropic of Capricorn, is completely within the tropics but enjoys subtropical conditions.
  • It is dominated by Savannah grasslands.
  • The Zimbabwean dollar is the official currency of the country.
  • Zimbabwe’s largest ethnic group are the Shona, who make up 80% of the population, followed by the Northern Ndebele.
  • Zimbabwe is a republic with a presidential system of government. The semi-presidential system was abolished with the adoption of a new constitution after a referendum in 2013.

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