The Zimbabwean government has announced that the country has successfully overcome its cholera outbreak, with no new cases reported in the past 30 days.
Following the first recorded case in February 2023, the disease spread rapidly across the nation, prompting a national emergency declaration.
However, thanks to concerted efforts, all 63 districts have now been cleared of the disease. Information Minister Jenfan Muswere confirmed the positive news during a recent post-cabinet media briefing, marking a significant milestone in Zimbabwe’s public health journey.
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“The Ministry of Health and Child Care would also want to inform the nation that as of today we have had 30 days without a single case of cholera in all our 63 districts and that the last case was on 30 June 2024 in Beitbridge.
“Therefore, we are now declaring that the cholera outbreak, which started in February 2023, as officially ended. However, the public is encouraged to continue observing hygiene and sanitation at all times,” he said.
Douglas Mombeshora, the minister of health and child care, gave government actions credit for containing the outbreak.
“A lot of people relax when we say cholera is gone. What it means is that the interventions that we undertook as ministry and as government, those interventions have yielded the results that we wanted that is to make sure that we suppress cholera.
“But we still have challenges of water and sanitation in certain areas. So, we urge our people to continue with good hygiene and sanitation practices,” he said.
