Ukuqubuka kwesifo sohudo eZimbabwe kusukela ngo-Agasti odlule kuqhubekile nokuwohloka kwayo ngenyanga edlule ngenkathi izinhlangano ezisizayo ziqhubeka nemizamo yazo yokulwa nalesi sifo, ngokombiko wakamuva we-United Nations.
IHhovisi le-UN Lokuxhumanisa Izindaba Zobuntu (OCHA) libike ukuthi bangama-65 abantu abangenwe ikholera ekupheleni kuka-Ephreli nokufa kwabantu abane, uma kuqhathaniswa namacala angama-26 nokufa kwabantu abayi-13 ngenyanga edlule.
Isibalo sabantu abangenwa isifo sohudo sifinyelele ku-97,400 kanti isibalo sabashonile simi ku-4,271 kusukela ngo-Agasti 2008.
I-Cholera Command and Control Centre iyaqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngezinsiza zokwelapha ezifundeni futhi zonke izifundazwe zithole izinsiza zekholera kanye namajeneretha, kuyilapho ama-ejensi asebenzisana ne-UN esekela umzamo wokulawula ngokuhlinzeka ngobuchwepheshe bokuphatha amacala, ukusabalalisa izinto ezingezona ukudla, ukumba ama-borehole kanye. iloli yamanzi.
Futhi ngo-Ephreli, amakhithi okuhlanzeka ayisisekelo asatshalaliswa ezifundeni eziyi-14 kanye nezinye izinto ezingezona ukudla (i-NFI) zafinyelela cishe amakhaya angama-93,000, okungenani abantu abangama-465,000.
Izinhlangano zosizo ezisebenza emanzini, ukuthuthwa kwendle kanye nenhlanzeko nazo ziyasabela ekwenyukeni kwesifo sohudo njengoba kwenzeka, kugxilwe emizamweni yaseHarare ngo-Ephreli.
Inhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba (i-WHO) inikele ngamakhompyutha nezinsiza zokuxhumana kuMnyango Wezempilo Nenhlalakahle Yezingane, ngenhloso yokuqinisa ukubhekwa ngokuphathwa kwedatha okungcono.
