Gauteng Department of Health confirms the Cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, City of Tshwane



The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed the Cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, City of Tshwane. This comes after lab results of stool specimen of 19 people who presented at Jubilee District Hospital with symptoms of diarrhoea, stomach cramps and nausea confirmed that it is Cholera. Since Monday last week, to date, 95 people from Kanana, Suurman, Majaneng, Green Field, Carousel View, Lephengville and Sekampaneng have been seen at the hospital with similar symptoms. The department says currently, there are 37 people admitted at the hospital with Cholera symptoms and unfortunately, 10 people have demised. The 10 people that died include a 3-year-old and 9 adults. For more on this, we are now joined by Gauteng DA shadow MEC for health, Jack Bloom.

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3 thoughts on “Gauteng Department of Health confirms the Cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, City of Tshwane”

  1. Tshepi Hammanskraal, SuurmanEsteeres,Stinkwater, Themba,Kanana, and surrounding areas, are in a perennial crisis of water supply,some residents are forced to buy water, but the majority who can not afford have to rely on the nearby river called Tshwane River…the water treatment plant was vandalized and the reservoir was not spurred. DA-led coalition government must prioritize water supply to those areas, as the party's apex priority.

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