PhotosCholera Outbreak Claims 17 Lives: South Africa On High Alert To Prevent Cross-Border Spread
Cholera Outbreak Claims 17 Lives: South Africa On High Alert To Prevent Cross-Border Spread
South Africa's National Health Department is intensifying efforts to prevent the spread of cholera across its borders as the Southern African region grapples with an ongoing outbreak, which has already claimed the lives of at least 17 individuals. With heightened vigilance, the country aims to safeguard its population and mitigate the risk of imported cases as authorities monitor the situation closely.
Updated: 28 May 2023 11:53 am
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A patient recovers from cholera at the Jubilee District Hospital in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa.
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A man and woman walks over puddled water along a street from an overflowing reservoir in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa. Health authorities are yet to confirm the exact source of the cholera outbreak, but poor waste water management and local government instability in South Africa's capital city have been blamed for the situation.
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A young girl carrying an empty water bottle through a flooded street caused by an overflowing water reservoir in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa.
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A young girl with a water bottle and her brother walk through a flooded street caused by an overflowing reservoir in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa.
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A young girl carries a child on her back through a flooded street by an overflowing reservoir in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa.
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A street vendor places a used tire for sale in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa.
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A woman carrying empty water bottles walks along a dusty street in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa.
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A mother and her daughter pushing a trolley carrying drinking and cooking water at Kanana township in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Polluted water from an overflowing reservoir stagnates in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa.