By Enyichukwu Enemanna
At least ten persons have been reported dead out of 19 new cases of Cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, Gauteng a South African Province, the country’s provincial health department announced on Sunday.
South Africa reported its first cholera death in February, after the virus hit the country from Malawi.
It is not clear the total number of cases record nationwide on Sunday, however, a populous province of Gauteng, where Johannesburg and Pretoria are located has been hardest hit.
Medical experts say cholera can cause acute diarrhoea, vomiting and weakness and is mainly spread by contaminated food or water. It can kill within hours if untreated.
The last outbreak in South Africa was in 2008/2009 when about 12,000 cases were reported following an outbreak in neighbouring Zimbabwe, which led to a surge of imported cases and subsequent local transmission.
