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Typhoid outbreak hits Gweru

Stephen Chadenga ·

GWERU City Council has declared a typhoid outbreak in three Mkoba suburbs, advising residents to desist from drinking water from unprotected sources.

Town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza said council was carrying out investigations to establish the source of the bacteria, which causes the infectious disease.

“There is an outbreak of typhoid in areas of Mkoba 15, 18 and 20,” Gwatipedza said in an alert notice yesterday.

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