Health Minister Joe Phaahla says Pretoria is considered the current epicentre of the cholera outbreak.
PRETORIA - Health Minister Joe Phaahla says Tshwane is considered the current epicentre of the cholera outbreak.
Phaahla says the first cholera patient is a 56-year-old man from Musina who started complaining abdominal pains 5 days after arriving in Hammanskraal.READ: Authorities struggle to identify source of cholera outbreakAuthorities are still trying to locate the source of a cholera outbreak that has killed at least 25-people so far.
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