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Zimbabwe's capital declares state of emergency over cholera

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Health workers attend to patients suffering from cholera symptoms at a local hospital in Harare, Sept 11, 2018. [VOA]

Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a cholera outbreak that has claimed dozens of lives across the country, the city's mayor said Friday.

Harare, a city of 1.5 million people, has been badly hit by an outbreak of the disease that has affected all provinces of the southern African nation.

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