Geneva: More than 400 people have been infected and 8 has been
killed due to cholera epidemic
in the country in about past two weeks, and steps have been taken to find out
the source of it. If believed to the data of World Health Organization (WHO),
the source may be from Dar es Salaam and Morogoro regions.
It is reported the worst affected is Dar es
Salaam with 354 infection and 7 deaths due to the disease.
Spokesman of WHO, Christian Lindmeier, said
the latest cholera outbreak has surprised the health officials as the spike is
unusual with few hundred cases in a short time.
He added that even though the endemic is
not a worrying situation in Tanzania, but it is important to address.
The WHO officials
have started lab testing and diagnosis. Five treatment centers are being set
up. Supplies of medical chemicals have begun for water treatment and
disinfection.
Earlier, between May and July this year,
the epidemic was also seen in western Tanzania’s Kigoma region that borders
Lake Tanganyika and Burundi. It was more serious outbreak in the country, but
the latest is not so intense. Also, the WHO officials say there is no
connection between the two outbreaks.
Lindmeier said the past outbreak was
related to the refugees coming from Burundi. However, it was brought under
control and for about a month no new cases have been reported from the region.
Political violence was triggered in Burundi
after the president announced earlier in April this year to seek a third term.
This raised controversies and violence was prompted. With unrest people started
fleeing to Kigoma in huge number
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