Kadoma Municipality has warned residents to desist from buying cooked food from unregistered vendors as this puts them at high risk for cholera and other diarrheal diseases.
This comes after a suspected case of cholera, which is still under investigation, was recorded in the town last week.
Kadoma is known to be high risk for cholera because of lack of proper sanitation facilities and a decrepit water system.
Kadoma Municipality health director Daniel Chirundu confirmed to The Standard on Friday that a case was recorded in the town last week.
“We recorded a case as of yesterday [Thursday] and we await confirmation from the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory in Harare,” Chirundu said.
“We urge our residents to avoid street vended cooked foods, wash hands before eating and after visiting the toilet and seek treatment when one suspects cholera.”
Kadoma recorded four cases in July since the beginning of the year.
Cholera cases have been recorded in different parts of the country which saw the Health and Child Care ministry decreeing a ban on serving food during funerals, weddings and other public gatherings in Buhera in Manicaland province.
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Over 152 cases have been recorded in Buhera and 12 people have since succumbed to the contagious disease.
Manicaland and Masvingo provinces have recorded the highest cases in the country.
Zimbabwe is among the 11 African countries where cholera is now endemic.
