Zambia’s Cholera outbreak claim more than 400 deaths and infected 10,00

Zambia is reeling from a major cholera oubreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays.

A large soccer stadium in the capital city has been converted into a treatment facility.

The Zambian government is embarking on a mass vaccination program and says it’s providing clean water 2.4 million liters a day — to communities that are affected across the southern African nation.

The National Disaster Management Agency has been mobilized.

The outbreak in Zambia began in October and 412 people have died and 10,413 cases have been recorded, according to the latest count from the Zambia Public Health Institute.

The Health Ministry says cholera has been detected in nearly half of the country’s districts and nine out of 10 provinces.

Source: Africaintel