Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item appearing in The Hindu dated 21.12.2023 titled “6 dead, 1000 infected in suspected cholera outbreak in Rourkela dated 22/12/2023. The original application is registered in suo-moto exercise of power on the basis of the news item …
The rainy season is often associated with various challenges such as floods and cholera outbreaks. Recently, cholera, a highly contagious and deadly communicable disease, claimed 44 lives in Kagadi and Hoima districts in Bunyoro Sub-region. The cholera outbreak was first reported in Kyangwali refugees' settlement camp and Buhuka Landing Site …
Raging floods have rendered over 300 households destitute in Karonga district amidst fears of a recurring Cholera outbreak. District Commissioner (DC) Richard Hara disclosed that one boy from Mwagomba village is reportedly missing. DC Hara told the Sunday Times that the heavy downpours that the district experienced in the last …
A cholera outbreak in Gashua, Yobe State has claimed 13 lives out of 160 cases reported in the last six days, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A source at the Gashua General Hospital told NAN that five deaths were first recorded while eight lives were later lost to …
Zambia has withdrawn military personnel deployed in December to help clean up the capital and other cities at the height of a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 80 people in seven months, the government said on Wednesday. President Edgar Lungu directed the military to help fight the spread …
Kinshasa — A raging cholera outbreak has killed more than 150 people in Central and West Africa since the beginning of the year. The unstable Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the worst affected by the crisis that has claimed the lives of at least 153 victims in the two …
Nierteti — One person died of watery diarrhoea, suspected to be cholera, in Central Darfur. The four isolation units in Nierteti locality admitted 41 new patients on Saturday. A medical volunteer reported to Radio Dabanga that one of the patients in the isolation unit of Kuweila village died on Saturday. …
Lilongwe — The death toll of cholera in the country has risen to 10 after the death of one person in Lilongwe in the early hours of Tuesday, the Minister of Health, Atupele Muluzi has confirmed. Speaking with Malawi News Agency in an interview at Parliament building in Lilongwe on …
A total of 817 cholera cases, resulting in 10 deaths have been reported this year, a Unicef-Kenya report shows. Seven counties are still reporting an active cholera outbreak. They are Nairobi, Garissa, Embu, Kirinyaga, Mombasa, Turkana and Wajir. The outbreak has, however, been controlled in Kirinyaga and Mombasa counties. Since …
GOVERNMENT has strengthened the law against street vending and public nuisances and has added 33 new offences, bringing the total to 55 in the amended Act Number 10 of 2018. Ministry of Local Government Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga told journalists in Lusaka yesterday that considering the fact that cholera’s main …
A woman, 50, has died at an isolation ward in Bura after showing symptoms of cholera. Medical authorities have reported cases of diarrhoea and vomiting in Bura township, Hirimani, Matagla and Jaridende since last week, and indicate about 53 people have been treated. ALSO READ: Counties clash over cholera reports …
Chegutu — Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) ambassador and sungura king Alick Macheso last Friday heeded the call by Civil Protection Unity (CPU) in Chegutu to cancel his gig. The show that was scheduled for Gatsi Night Club was cancelled, with authorities saying it was not proper to have a …
Botswana has warned its citizens against travelling to Zambia while Namibia has banned food import from that country after an outbreak of cholera, in a move that observers say is likely to affect the movement of goods and the economies in the region. There are even fears that some countries …
Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Jabbin Mulwanda cuts the ribbon to officially launch the 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, This was during the official launch of the General Nursing Council Strategic Plan yesterday at Golden Peacock Hotel in Lusaka. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Jabbin Mulwanda cuts the ribbon to …
Zambian environmentalist activists have accused the country's government of mismanaging Lusaka's water system and causing an outbreak of cholera. More than 70 people have died and over 3,000 have been infected since the outbreak began in October. Zambia's health minister announced on Friday that churches, schools and bars in suburbs …
Luanda - An emergency programme with prevention measures for several diseases, especially cholera, is being prepared by the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in the framework of strengthening the Total National Sanitation Programme led by communities. The event was announced by the Environment minister, Paula …
Zambia says it has made progress in containing a cholera outbreak that has killed about 70 people in the southern African nation since October. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya this week said there had been a "drastic reduction" in the number of new cases in the outbreak, which has mostly affected …
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia on Sunday relaxed rules imposed to curb the spread of cholera as the number of new cases being reported has halved, Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya said. Schools and some markets will be allowed to re-open, Chilufya told a news conference in Lusaka. Police arrested 55 people …
Zambia has now decided to relax regulations it imposed to curb the spread of cholera. Schools and some markets will be allowed to re-open as newly reported cases have significantly decreased. READ: Zambia orders military to help with cholera fight Last month, President Edgar Lungu directed the military to clean …
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Residents in a slum in Zambia’s capital are rioting over a ban on street vending that was imposed to control a cholera outbreak, the government said on Friday. Local Government and Housing Minister Vincent Mwale, whose ministry jointly imposed the ban with the Health Ministry, told Reuters …
The Komenda- Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipal Assembly in the Central region has defended its policy of ensuring that would-be grooms have toilet facility fixed in their homes before being allowed to finalise the marriage process. The move was described by many as an affront on the rights of the prospective grooms as …
