SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: Cholera crosses the border too

JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has crossed into South Africa, with four confirmed diagnoses in a total of 68 suspected cases in the border town of Musina, according to aid workers. In the past four days 14 people have been hospitalised and two have died as the result of the outbreak: one a South African national who often travelled to Zimbabwe, and the second a Zimbabwean citizen. Just across the border, in the Zimbabwean town of Beitbridge, 435...