More than 50,000 people are now infected with cholera in Zimbabwe's epidemic, which has so far killed 2,773 people, the latest figures from the World Health Organisation said yesterday.
Most alarming, according to Red Cross Red Crescent health experts, is a mortality rate of 5.7 percent, an indication that the outbreak is still far from under control, the IFRC said.
"Overall, this signifies a 20-percent increase in cholera deaths over the past week and rings alarm bells about the need to push back this epidemic and better fund the humanitarian effort on the ground."
"Because of the severity of this outbreak, we fear that it will take many more weeks to get it under control," said Tony Maryon, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) team in Zimbabwe.
Most alarming, according to Red Cross Red Crescent health experts, is a mortality rate of 5.7 percent, an indication that the outbreak is still far from under control, the IFRC said.
"Overall, this signifies a 20-percent increase in cholera deaths over the past week and rings alarm bells about the need to push back this epidemic and better fund the humanitarian effort on the ground."
"Because of the severity of this outbreak, we fear that it will take many more weeks to get it under control," said Tony Maryon, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) team in Zimbabwe.
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