(Map from Current.com)From The Guardian:
• Disease has hit 6,000 and killed more than 500
• Hundreds seek treatment in South Africa
Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over the cholera epidemic that has forced hundreds to flee the country and paralysed basic services, pushing the country to the point of collapse.
The Herald, a state-run newspaper, says the declaration came after a meeting of government and international aid officials in Harare yesterday.
It follows an appeal by the health minister David Parirenyatwa to aid agencies for drugs, food, equipment and money to pay doctors and nurses at hospitals, after a breakdown in the health system.
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My Comment: Zimbabwe .... from being one of Africa's richest countries 25 years ago to the disaster of today.