Limpopo confirms two cases of cholera
The Health Department has confirmed that it's
detected two cholera cases in Limpopo.
In a statement, the department says both cases are believed to have been imported from Zimbabwe.
"The first case was confirmed in the Musina sub-district in Vhembe District. The 43-year-old male patient tested positive and has since been discharged from Musina Hospital,” says Health Department spokesperson Foster Mohale.
“The second case is a 27-year-old man, also from Zimbabwe, who presented at Hellen Franz Hospital under Capricorn District Municipality with a history of abdominal cramps, watery diarrhoea and vomiting that started on 11 January.”
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Mohale says the second patient, who had been in Zimbabwe for a month, is stable.
He says the local outbreak response team has been activated to conduct further investigations.
"The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo urges members of the public to be vigilant and maintain personal hygiene. The country remains on high alert for possible imported cholera cases from neighbouring Zimbabwe, which is currently battling the outbreak of the disease, which has so far claimed over 200 lives.”
