The WHO reported more than 83,000 cholera cases in Zimbabwe Tuesday -- two thousand more than its last estimate -- as UN officials held talks in Harare on fighting the deadly outbreak.The epidemic has killed 3868 people to date, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) -- slightly higher than its last reported death toll on Saturday of 3806.
The WHO previously recorded more than 81,000 cholera cases.
A five-member United Nations delegation held talks Monday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and the new premier Morgan Tsvangirai on ways to combat the cholera epidemic and food shortages ravaging the southern African nation.
A senior UN official, Catherine Bragg, told Zimbabwe's state-owned Herald newspaper that Mugabe responded "positively" to working with the UN.
Source : Sapa-AFP /mm/jk
Date : 24 Feb 2009 15:05
