Fresh cholera outbreak reported in northern Zambia


LUSAKA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Fresh cholera cases have been reported in northern Zambia, barely two months after the government declared the waterborne disease had been contained, health authorities said on Thursday.

Kennedy Lishimpi, permanent secretary for technical services in the Ministry of Health, said 13 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 114 cases and one death since the fresh outbreak began on Aug. 5.

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