Typhoid scare hits Mbare

HARARE City Council has sounded alarm bells following a suspected typhoid outbreak which claimed one life and left 30 others hospitalised in Mbare over the weekend.

Council spokesperson Michael Chideme, in a statement yesterday, confirmed the incident and said the local authority had introduced precautionary measures including awareness campaigns to curb the spread of the disease.

“The [deceased] girl was initially admitted at Harare Central Hospital and was transferred to the Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospital on Saturday.

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