larcher
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05/12/08 03:41 AM
Cholera strikes Zimbabwe

World Health Organisation figures show there have been 12,546 reported cases and 484 deaths nationwide since August.

Some local doctors believe the number of fatalities could be as high as 1,000.

The disease, carried by contaminated water, has spread across most of the country and is the latest symptom of the collapse of Zimbabwe's basic infrastructure under Robert Mugabe's rule.

outbreak of cholera in Zim

China has shipped vaccins (value 500 k $), about 5 million doses. A pity that China keeps on backing Mugabe but for once it's useful.

China supplies millions of doses of vaccine

I recommend that You ask your friend in Zimbabwe if they need some vaccines, that the least that we can do for them.
I am not sure that they high on the priority list.



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