Cape Town Baby Diagnosed With Cholera

The authorities in Cape Town are on high alert after a 4-month old baby was admitted to hospital with cholera.

According to the provincial health department of the Western Cape, the case is probably not related to the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe - which acording to the United Nations has killed over 1100 people and infected 20.000.  The epidemic spilled over the other countries, including Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana and South Africa.

"The patient has not recently travelled to Zimbabwe and has not come into contact with anyone else suffering from cholera," the department stated. "Preventive and investigative measures were initiated in the community to ascertain the possible source of infection."

Another suspected case of cholera in a woman, who recently traveled to Zimbabwe and exhibited symptoms of cholera three days later, was found to be negative after laboratory investigations.