Kabwe District Medical officer
Abel Kabalo has revealed that over 72 typhoid cases have so far been recorded
in Kabwe.
Dr Kabalo who spoke in an
interview with journalists in Kabwe, described the conditions of the suspected
typhoid patients as stable and that the situation is contained.
He said most of the patients are
being treated as outpatients at Kabwe Mine hospital and Ngungu health centre,
and that no death has since been recorded from the time the first case was
recorded on 1st April, 2012.
He said indications show that the
outbreak is caused by the contaminated shallow waters and the toilets that have
filled up.
He further said 6,000 boxes of
chlorine have been distributed to the affected communities since December 2011.
And the District Commissioner,
Patrick Chishala confirmed receiving a report on the outbreak of typhoid which
has mostly affected the two townships of Chimanimani and Ngungu.
Mr Chishala says his office is
working hand in hand with the district health office and the disaster
management and mitigation unit (DMMU) to try to come up with lasting
preventable measures to the problem.
He appealed to Kabwe residents not to panic but
adhere to the preventive advice from the medical experts, such as boiling
drinking water and heating the food they eat, among other measures.
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