Zimbabwe declares cholera national emergency

[thecityofdis]

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- The Zimbabwean government has declared a national emergency in the face of a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 560 people, the state-owned newspaper The Herald said Thursday

Comments

[foofighter0234]

uh oh...we're learning about Cholera in Microbiology class. It's not pretty.

[squid_ink]

disgusting and horrible.. how can something like cholera be an issue in this day in age? those poor people

:(

[layweed]

Because it's Africa, and in particular, Zimbabwe. A country that has been run into the ground by a two bit dictator. Inflation at like 12,000,000% or some such ridiculous number like that, what can you really say. =\

[layweed]

Oh it's at 231 million, well, whatever. Once you go above a certain amount it's all figures anyway. =\

[celtic_thistle]

Holy fuck, this is terrible. :(

[frankincensy]

That's horrifying.

[sirfeste]

this is so horrible.