Free State on alert as cholera cases grow: The Free State department of health says six people have been confirmed to have cholera after being treated at Parys and Boitumelo hospitals in Kroonstad.
Free State MEC for Health Mathabo LeetoLeeto held a meeting with mayors from Fezile Dabi, Ngwathe, councillors and district outbreak response teams on Sunday.
“The meeting heard about 76 people who were seen at various clinics and hospitals in the district with diarrhoea infections,” said Leeto.She said that the province, district and local area outbreak response teams were activated and included the local and district municipality and supported by the World Health Ogranisation and National Institute on Communicable Diseases .
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