| ■ Zimbabwe Cholera Cases Surpass 65,000 | 2009.02.12 |
| The number of recorded cholera cases in Zimbabwe is now 65,739 and more than 3,323 people have died since the start of the outbreak in August 2008, the World Health Organization said in its daily update Wednesday. About 1,038 new cases and 28 deaths were added since Tuesday's update, Agence France Presse reported. The cholera epidemic is being blamed on poor health, water and sanitary services. Earlier this week, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said President Robert Mugabe had agreed to allow a high-level UN team to visit Zimbabwe in an attempt to identify ways to deal with the cholera epidemic and a hunger crises, AFP reported. |