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| 'No water' in cholera-hit Harare | 'No water' in cholera-hit Harare |
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| Much of the Zimbabwe capital, Harare, is without water, state media reports, at a time of a cholera outbreak. | Much of the Zimbabwe capital, Harare, is without water, state media reports, at a time of a cholera outbreak. |
| Water was cut because of a shortage of purification chemicals, The Herald newspaper quotes water authority officials as saying. | Water was cut because of a shortage of purification chemicals, The Herald newspaper quotes water authority officials as saying. |
| At least 425 people have died in recent months from cholera - a disease spread by contaminated water. | |
| Health Minister David Parirenyatwa said people should stop shaking hands to prevent the disease spreading. | Health Minister David Parirenyatwa said people should stop shaking hands to prevent the disease spreading. |
| "I want to stress the issue of shaking hands. Although it's part of our tradition to shake hands, it's high time people stopped shaking hands," he told The Herald. | "I want to stress the issue of shaking hands. Although it's part of our tradition to shake hands, it's high time people stopped shaking hands," he told The Herald. |
| More than 11,000 people have infected with cholera around the country since August. | |
| Cholera is endemic in Zimbabwe but this is the worst outbreak since 2000. | |
| The spread of cholera has been fuelled by the collapse of Zimbabwe's health and sanitation systems. | The spread of cholera has been fuelled by the collapse of Zimbabwe's health and sanitation systems. |
| The government has blamed this on Western sanctions it says are aimed at trying to bring down President Robert Mugabe. | The government has blamed this on Western sanctions it says are aimed at trying to bring down President Robert Mugabe. |
| But the sanctions imposed after allegations of electoral fraud and political violence are aimed at Mr Mugabe and his close associates and consist of travel bans and a freeze on their foreign assets. | But the sanctions imposed after allegations of electoral fraud and political violence are aimed at Mr Mugabe and his close associates and consist of travel bans and a freeze on their foreign assets. |
| Zimbabwe is struggling with an economic crisis - the latest annual inflation rate was 231,000,000% and just one adult in five is estimated to have a regular job. |